The Andover Water Division was named 2009 Utility of the Year by the New England Water Works Association, a Massachusetts based not for profit organization of water works professionals. The award recognized the Town of Andover and the Andover Water Division for making significant improvements to its drinking water system. The Andover Water Treatment Plant […]
Ozone Generators to Remove Odors from Smoking Tobacco Products Can Create More Dangerous Compounds
Ozone generators are often used in hotel rooms, cars and private homes to get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke. A recent Los Angeles Times report indicates that ozone systems designed for odor control can be harmful. Researchers at the Univeristy of California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have found that ozone combines with […]
Japanese Cities to Add Ozone Water Treatment
Hanshin Water Supply Authority’s Amagasaki Waterworks, which supplies purified water to the cities of Kobe, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya and Ashiya has purchased ozone water treatment equipment. The newly installed equipment will start operating in August 2010. Ozone systems disinfect, deodorize, decolorize and remove organic matter with far greater oxidizing power than chlorine, while producing harmless oxygen […]
Ozone and UV Good Choices for Public Safety at Water Parks
In 1998, an outbreak of E. coli at White Water Park near Atlanta resulted in illness for 26 children aged 12 and under, seven hospitalizations for kidney failure, and the death of one child. According to the Center for Disease Control, this tragedy marked an increase in national awareness of the importance of recreational water […]
New Reports from the WateReuse Research Foundation on Advanced Oxidation
The following reports have been recently published by the WateReuse Research Foundation: Low Cost Treatment Technologies for Small Scale Water Reclamation Plants (WRF-06-008) This study identifies and evaluates established and innovative technologies that provide treatment of flows of less than one million gallons per day. The report includes an extensive cost database, where the cost […]
Columbus, OH to Adopt Ozone for Drinking Water Treatment
The City of Columbus’ Hap Cremean drinking water treatment plant will be converted to the use of ozone and biologically active filtration (BAF) by 2013. The change is driven by the EPA Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts rule that takes effect in 2012. The Hap Cremean plant has a capacity of 100 MGD. A variety of […]
Ozone and UV Good Choices for Treating Water From Green Roofs
A recent report from the Texas Water Development Board entitled: Effect of Roof Material on Water Quality for Rainwater Harvesting Systems was recently published. As the title mentions, the study centered on the effect that different roof material have on the quality of collected rainwater. A survey of the most common roofing materials in Texas […]
Growing Importance for Ozone and UV in Advanced Water Treatment
The urgency caused by the deterioration of traditional water sources have increased interest in advanced water treatment technologies, with increasingly stringent regulations encouraging the use of alternative technologies. Poor water quality, the need to upgrade or replace existing plants, and general aversion to chemical water treatment technologies have made a strong case for novel treatment […]
Ozone Seen As Best Treatment for Ballast Water
Regional training and workshop on the legal implementation of the ballast water management (BMW) convention was held in Lagos, Nigeria to support the timely and harmonized implementation of ballast water convention in the West and Central Africa region. There has been a growing concern over the problem of invasive alien species in the marine environment […]
Oregon Cities to Use Ozone for Drinking Water Treatment
The cities of Tigard and Lake Oswego, OR will use conventional drinking water treatment plus ozone to best meet their future water treatment needs. This is the first phase of planning for an expansion of the city’s water supply through a water partnership with Tigard. Initially 18 different water treatment technologies were examined for social, […]