The Fibria Pulp and Paper Mill in Jacarei is increasing ozone production to 750 kg/h or 18 tons per day. This is one of the largest ozone installations in the world. Bleaching pulp with ozone is more environmentally friendly than alternative bleaching systems. Ozone is also a very powerful and effective bleaching agent. Ozone is […]
Month: November 2012
Martin’s Ferry Uses Ozone for Iron and Managanese Removal from Drinking Water
New upgrades to the Martin’s Ferry water treatment plant included ozone generators that remove iron and manganese before the water is sent to a distribution pump. The ozone generators were installed about one year ago. The plant has the capacity to produce five million gallons of water daily. Ozone is widely used to remove iron […]
Water Reuse Requires Multiple Barrier Approach
In previous posts we have talked about reuse of wastewater for drinking purposes including the feelings of Americans towards the use of wastewater for their water supply. In reality, many American’s already use wastewater as their drinking water source. If your drinking water plant is down stream of another cities wastewater plant, you are in […]
Americans Show Interest in Wastewater Reuse
Most Americans have limited knowledge about their drinking water supply,but they are concerned about it, and believe recycling water is something that should be considered according to a recent survey. However, Americans are less accepting of drinking recycled wastewater in a practice known as toilet-to-tap, the survey found. With clean water growing scarce in much […]