Napa Adds Ozone to Drinking Water Plant to Meet Treatment Objectives and Improve Taste

Napa, CA will install advanced ozone treatment in the new water treatment plant in Jamieson Canyon. The plant is undergoing a $35 million upgrade and expansion to handle more water from the State Water Project for city of Napa customers. There is still money in the project’s $3.5 million contingency account to pay for additional […]

Revised Edition of Reference Text on Chlorine, Ozone and UV has been Published

The water industry has made substantial advancements in its understanding and application of chlorine, ozone and UV for water and wastewater treatment since 1998, when the Fourth Edition of White’s “Handbook of Chlorination and Alternative Disinfectants” was published. At the request of the Wiley publishing company, Black & Veatch has completed a two-year revision process […]

New Semiconductor Plant to Use Ozone as Part of Ultrapure Water System

The massive new semiconductor manufacturing plant in upstate New York that’s being built by GlobalFoundries is expected to be the largest and most advanced computer chip factory in the world when it’s completed in late 2012. Water systems are essential since a chip comes into contact with ultrapure water more than 35 times during the […]

UK Water Facility Will Use Both Ozone and UV to Treat Drinking Water

A NEW £3.4-MILLION system will boost the quality of drinking water for half of the population of North Lincolnshire in the UK. Anglian Water is seeking planning approval to extend the company’s 18-year-old treatment plant at Barrow-Upon-Humber. If given the green light, work is expected to start next month with the completion set for May […]

Dallas Water Utilities One of the Largest Users of Ozone in the World

Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) has three purification plants, built between 1930 and 1964: Bachman, Elm Fork and the East Side plant, which is currently under expansion. Collectively, they can treat more than one billion gallons of water per day for the Dallas area. Ozone technology is used as a primary disinfectant in the water treatment […]

EU Directives Create Water Treatment Demand

EU directives such as the Water Frame Work Directive, Drinking Water Directive and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive are the main political drivers that have catalyzed strong opportunities for treatment techniques such as membrane bio-reactor (MBR), ozone water treatment and ultraviolet (UV). Such directives counter balance the budget restrictions felt today by many governments in Europe […]

Ozone Dentistry

A Fresno dentist is using a pain-free technique called Ozone Dentistry with specially treated air and water. The FDA approved machine, an ozone generator, used by the dentist creates ozone from medical grade oxygen. The device also ozonates water which can be used on patients as a kind of “super rinse”. The ozone gas is […]