Spartan Environmental Technologies principal business is supplying ozone water treatment systems. We numerous inquiries where the customer does not have a thorough understanding of their water quality. For the design of any type of water treatment system, the starting point is a good understanding of water quality, its potential vairations and the treatment objective. A […]
Month: February 2013
Sequester to Affect Water Funding According to the EPA
The Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act include revolving loan funds to help states finance drinking water purification and sewage treatment facilities—both of which are essential to the country’s public-health infrastructure. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that: Reductions under sequestration would impact states’ ability to meet drinking water public health standards and […]
Maersk Uses Ozone UV for Ballast Water Treatment
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has indicated that ballast water treatment system (BWTS) based on mechanical filtration and disinfection with UV and ozone represents a good solution for container vessel retrofits. Both ozone water treatment and UV are excellant disinfection technologies for a wide range of applications. Maersk says that the containerization of the BWTS is a […]
Emmons County ND Uses Ozone Pretreatment for a UF/RO Drinking Water Treatment Plant
The South Central Regional Water District utility knew that water from these wells contained high levels of dissolved solids, hardness, and sulfates, as well as arsenic content beyond the safety standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A treatment solution was developed ozone pretreatment, ultrafltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) to treat nearby Missouri […]
Muttenz Switzerland to Treat Groundwater with Advanced Oxidation
The groundwater in Muttenz, Switzerland will be purified using a combination of advanced oxidation, adsorption and ultrafiltration. The water is subject to organic trace substances and occasionally impacted by Rhine filtrate. Difficult to treat compounds will be oxidized using ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The ozone and peroxide react to form hydroxyl radicals that are fast […]
Grey Water Reuse – A Low Cost Option for Sustainability
A recent paper published in the AWWA Journal (Olmos & Lodge, 105:2,February 2013, pp 41-42) discusses achieving zero water use and reasonable payback periods for a housing development in Davis California. Net zero water use as defined here is that annula water use equal annual rain fall. This would make the development sustainable from teh […]
Ann Arbor Michigan Uses Ozone for Primary Disinfection
Ann Arbor’s Drinking Water Treatment Plant’s primary source of water comes from the Huron River. Ann Arbor is one of only seven facilities using an inland river as a drinking water source in Michigan. About 85 percent of the water comes from the river, while 15 percent comes from wells located at the city’s airport. […]