The Japan ozone Association in conjunction with the Water Re-Use Promotion Center, the Japan Water Works Association and the Japan Industrial Water Association held a seminar cover various issues related to ozone in water treatment with a focus on water reuse. A highlight of the meeting was a tour of a water reclamation projection where […]
Month: March 2012
Temple University Researcher Studies Ozone UV Water Treatment
Temple environmental engineering professor Rominder Suri, Ph.D. is developing new water treatment techniques. With the help of a grant from the National Science Foundation, Suri works in Temple’s Water and Environmental Technology Center searching for alternative water purification methods. One such method involves the use of Ozone gas and ultraviolet light to destroy foreign contaminates. […]
Advanced Oxidation Process Demonstrates Taste and Odor Improvment in Va Drinking Water
Virginia American Water conducted a small-scale plant trial that used advanced oxidation, ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide to remove the taste and odor-causing compounds in the Appomattox River source water. The plant trial demonstrated that this method efficiently and effectively removed the compounds, even at high levels. Because of record temperatures of the 2010 summer, […]
University of Alberta Reasearchers Show that Ozone can Decontaminate Prions in Water
A University of Alberta (U of A) research team has found that ozonation can help meat processing plants eliminate the lethal microbial material responsible for Mad Cow disease. U of A microbiology professors Mike Belosevic and Norm Neumann and engineering professor Mohamed Gamal El-Din demonstrated that infectious proteins, prions, found in the brain matter of […]