Entry for March 27, 2008

Overall, how concerned are you about the quality of your household water supply, 1 being not concerned at all, 5 being extremely concerned? (January/March): 5) 32/40 4) 23/27 3) 21/15 2) 12/10 1) 13/8 How concerned are you about the presence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water? (1 being not concerned at all, 5 being extremely […]

Entry for March 16, 2008

The Associated Press’ investigation also indicates that watersheds and other surface water sources also are contaminated. Pharmaceuticals in waterways have been found to  damage wildlife across the US.  Notably, male fish are being feminized, creating egg yolk proteins, a process usually restricted to females. Benjamin H. Grumbles, assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental […]

Entry for March 9, 2008

In this posting we are going to discuss the ozonation of sump water.  Sump water often is a good environment for the growth of micro organisms.  In some cases the biological growth is significant and can create odors and potential blockage of the sump pump.  To prevent this problem, many facilities will add a biocide […]

Entry for March 2, 2008

In this posting we will discuss an application where a farmer employed a Spartan Environmental Technologies ozone generator, a model AE13M, for use in an irrigation system to control biological growth.  The farmer had been using hypochlorite solution for this application.   Our client was not satisfied with the hypochlorite solution due to rising costs and […]