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New Standards to Impact the Use of Hypochlorite for Drinking Water

Changes to NSF/ANSI Standard 60 may impact the use of sodium hypochlorite in drinking water systems. New rules are being considered for the contaminates bromate, perchlorate and chlorate, all of which can be traced to sodium hypochlorite. US drinking water … Continue reading

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Marines to Recycle Wastewater in San Diego for Landscape Irrigation

The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San diego is pioneering a type of on-site wastewater recycling system. It will divert 10,000 gallons of sewage at the base each day, treat it to state standards and pump it through irrigation lines … Continue reading

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Monteray Bay Aquarium Uses Ozone and UV to Treat Water Returned to Bay

Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the largest wastewater dischargers of water into the protected Pacific Grove area of the bay. The State Water Resources Control Board exempted the aquarium from a state ban on dumping wastewater into a marine … Continue reading

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Lake Oswego to Add Ozone For Taste and Odor Control

Recently the city of Lake Oswego’s water-treatment plant began treating drinking water for taste and odor problems after customers complained about earthy and musty-tasting water flowing from their taps. City officials said the odors and tastes are not dangerous, explaining … Continue reading

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Ozone Helps Treat Mine Water Run Off

Water from a clay mine near Dean, PA is flowing into Clearfield Creek. The mine, which closed 60 years ago, has polluted about 15 miles of the creek. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is exploring various ways to clean … Continue reading

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Napa Adds Ozone to Water Treatment Plant

The city of Napa dedicated a drinking water treatment plant that received more than $40 million worth of improvements and expansion over the past three years. With the improvements, the plant can now treat enough water daily to meet the … Continue reading

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Madison, SD Plans to Add Ozone to Remove PCE and TCE

The city of Madison, SD is seeking matching grant money to construct a new 1-million-gallon reservoir, install ozone equipment and make other improvements with a total value of 4.6 million dollars. Engineers have studied Madison’s water system in 2009 and … Continue reading

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Oklahoma City Expands with Ozone

Oklahoma City’s Lake Hefner Water Treatment Plant is in the midst of a $48.5 million expansion project. The plant will be able to pump out 100 million gallons of tap water each day after the renovation, up from the current … Continue reading

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Treatment of Land Fill Leachates with Ozone and Biological Processes

Land fill leachates are the result of water percolating through solid waste buried at the site. Land fill make provisions to capture this water for treatment. The waste can be a significant challenge to treat because of high content of … Continue reading

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Ashland MA Refurbishes Plant for Improved Performance of Ozone System

Ashland and Hopkinton, MA are towns of about 16,000 and 14,000 residents, respectively. They are situated midway between Boston and Worcester in eastern Massachusetts. The Howe Street facility uses clarification, carbon filtration, and ozonation to treat groundwater. Ashland experiences seasonal … Continue reading

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