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 that a harmless algae bloom in the Clackamas River is responsible. Algal blooms periodically create […]
Month: October 2011
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 up the creek. They are evaluating a water cleanup process that uses ozone to remove […]
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 city’s needs into the early months of the summer and, has increased the treatment capabilities […]
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 the city’s underground reservoir in 2010 and made recommendations on improvements including addition of ozone […]
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 75 million gallons. the growth of the city and surrounding areas has significantly increased demand […]