International Ozone Association meeting will be held in Toronto September 18-21. This meeting offers an informative technical program covering ozone and UV application with regard to the following subjects: disinfection and disinfection byproducts, UV validation and monitoring, advanced oxidation processes, ozone in drinking water, ozone in wastewater, and applications of ozone in food processing. Tours […]
Month: August 2011
Mississauga, Ontario Replaces Chlorine with Ozone, UF and UV
A three-year $106-million project that will replace the chlorine-treatment process with a new advanced 100 MGD plant is underway at the Lakeview Water Treatment plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The process will use a combination of ozonation, ultrafiltration (UF) and ultraviolet (UV) technology. Kenaidan Contracting is the general contractor and CH2M Hill is the consultant on […]
Sucralose, an Artificial Sweetner, Found in Surface Water
Sucralose, the artificial sweetener in Splenda, passes right through the body, then through sewage treatment systems and out into surface and ground waters with little degradation. It is not clear if increasing amount of of sucralose released into the environment will impact the ecosystem. But research published in Environmental Engineering Science shows that the artificial […]
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 increases in manganese in its ground water supply. In Ashland’s water, the manganese is organically […]
Danvers/Middleton Drinking Water Plant to Adopt Ozone Water Treatment
But by 2015, regulations that govern trihalomethanes (THMs,) when chlorine is used to disinfect drinking water, are forcing the Danvers/Middleton drinking water plant to spend $21 million to redesign the treatment process. Once the work begins, it will take about two years to complete the expansion and renovations of the plant The new treatment process, […]
Springfield, MO to Replace Chlorine with Ozone at Water Plant
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo plans on capital improvements for their drinking water infrastructure. The water division plans to build a new million-gallon water tower in southeast Springfield to boost water pressure in that part of the city. In addition, it’s also moving ahead with a $7.2 million project to switch its water treatment facilities […]
Study Says Ozone Technology Sales to Exceed $800 Million by 2015
A BCC Research technology market research report indicates that total worldwide sales revenues for ozone technology were $469 million in 2007, and are expected to increase to more than $800 Million in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%. The largest ozone technology segments in 2009 were water/wastewater applications. These will increase from […]
Windsor WTP Wins Best Tasting Water in Ontario Award
The Windsor Utilities Commission and the City of Windsor won the Award for Best Tasting Water at the Ontario Works Association’s annual water testing competition. Windsor was the first municipality in Ontario to utilize Ozone for primary disinfection. Many other water treatment plants using ozone have won tasting events, not just against other water plants […]