The city of Lawrence is researching new treatment methods to deal with a taste and odor problem associated with its drinking water which recently have become a more serious issue. The city’s Utility Department said there is a solution in the works that would use “advanced oxidation” to combat taste and odor issues that are […]
Month: July 2012
Denton Expands the Use of Ozone Treatment of Drinking Water
Denton was a top-5 finalist in the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 2011 “Best Tasting City Water in America” contest, and the state of Texas recently awarded Denton with “superior” water status. Denton has two separate water treatment facilities that meet the demands of almost 120,000 residents. The first stage of the treatment process begins with […]
Melbourne Water Supply Sees Pesticide Contamination
Pesticides have been detected upstream of a reservoir that feeds Melbourne’s drinking water supply. On eight occasions in 2010-11, the levels of pesticides, including simazine, atrazine and DEET, at Sugarloaf reservoir, north-east of Melbourne, were recorded above safe European Union drinking water standards, according to Melbourne Water data obtained by Friends of the Earth through […]
Los Angeles Expands Ozone Treatment of Drinking Water
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Board of Directors has authorized construction of $140.4 million of new ozone facilities at the district’s oldest treatment plant. The new facilities will use ozone to replace chlorine as the primary disinfectant at Metropolitan’s F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne. 20 years ago, Los Angeles identified ozone disinfection as […]
Unique Ozone Biofilter Technology Developed for the Textile Industry Wastewater Treatment
A new fashion season results in a flood of new fabrics in a variety of colors. With the beauty comes the reality that producing these textiles comes at a cost to the environment as heavy polluting dyes find their way into the textile industry’s wastewater. Anew water clean-up technology, developed as part of an EU-funded […]
Norman, OK Studies Ozone Water Treatment
Norman water treatment plant improvements enter Phase II: The city council, acting as the Norman Utilities Authority, will consider approving a $1.5 million contract with Carollo Engineers for Phase II improvements at the water treatment plant located in northeast Norman. The improvements follow studies conducted in 2006 and 2007. Carollo performed a chlorine pilot study, […]