The Mesa Consolidated Water District (Mesa Water) inaugurated the start of construction for its Colored Water Treatment Facility (CWTF) improvements project. Mesa Water sits above a portion of Orange County’s groundwater basin that includes a supply of amber-colored water hundreds of feet below the clear-water reserves. In planning since the 1980s, the CWTF went on-line […]
Month: July 2011
Swedish Wastewater Plant Treats Filamentous Sludge with Ozone
At Öresundsverket wastewater treatment plant in Helsingborg,Sweden, they have problems with filamentous sludge during springtime, as do many other activated sludge plants. With ozonation of the return sludge flow Öresundsverket has drastically reduced the amount of filamentous sludge and significantly increased the quality of the water. Ozone is a very strong oxidant, In the treatment […]
Wisconsin Dairy Farm Improves Operations with Ozone
It is surprising to learn that a dairy farm requires a sizable laundry for its operation. It turns out that the udders on every cow need cleaning three times a day during milking and the Statz Brothers farm cleans each cow’s udder, 2,600 cows in all, with a fresh towel. To clean all of those […]