Algae in lakes and reservoirs can create issues for drinking water plants including toxins, bad taste and unpleasant odors in the water. While there are a number of treatment methods used to deal with this problem, ozone treatment of the water has emerged as a proven and cost effective method. Depending on where and how […]
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Emporium KS Upgrades Ozone Disinfection Drinking Water System
The Emporia City, KS Commission approved a request authorizing the Public Works Department to proceed with an Ozone Equipment purchase Wednesday afternoon during an active session. The current equipment at the Water Treatment Plant uses atmospheric air and bubble diffusers and was installed in 1995, with an expected life of 15 to 20 years. The […]
Ozone Drinking Water Authority Wilfred LePage Passes
Wilfred LePage, age 83 of Monroe, MI died Monday, January 27, 2014 in his home after a year long period of declining health. Following service with the Marines during the Korean Conflict, he studied at Wayne State University. While in college he entered his career field of drinking water purification at the Mount Clemens Water […]
Drinking Water Utilities Treatment Practices Based On Recent Disinfection Rules
The Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules, know as LT2ESWTR was promulgated in 2006 obligating large drinking water utilities to comply with the rules by 2012. The rule was designed to prevent cryptosporidium, a difficult to kill pathogen from entering the drinking water supply. An incident in Milwaukee resulted in thousands of people […]
Middleton Adds Ozone Water Treatment in Plant Rennovation
A $20 million project to retrofit the Middleton Water Treatment Plant is expected to be completed this fall. The original plant went online in 1976. The upgrade is expected to extend the plant operations for another 20 to 30 years of life while permitting it to meet new Safe Drinking Water Act by 2015. The […]
China Drinking Water Quality
Original article published in Caixin’s Century Weekly by Gong Jing and Liu Hongqiao. Reprinted at Chinadialogue.net. Authors won the “Journalist of the Year” and “Young Journalist of the Year” categories at chinadialogue and The Guardian’s China Environmental Press Awards. A month after their article was published, the housing ministry was forced to release previously unpublished […]
Laughlin, NV Treats Drinking Water with Ozone to Reduce Disinfection By products and Control Taste and Odor Issues
Big Bend Water District (BBWD) is the supplier of potable water to the community of Laughlin, the sole source of which is the Colorado River. “The BBWD has over 15,000 acre feet per year as an allotment, but historically Laughlin rarely uses more than 5,000 acre feet of that allotment. BBWD can treat a maximum […]
Milwaukee Now a Leader In Water Testing and Treatment
20 years ago Cryptosporidium passed through a Milwaukee water treatment plant. The microorganism caused an estimated 400,000 cases of gastrointestinal illness and at least 69 deaths. It was the largest waterborne desease outbreak recorded in U.S. history. Since the outbreak, the city’s water utility, which draws its supply from Lake Michigan, has invested $417 million […]
The City of Manistique Win Besting Water Using Ozone Treatment
During the 64th Annual U.P. Water Treatment System Operator’s Training, which is associated with the American Water Works Association. Manistique competed against 11 other communities in a drinking water taste off. Manistique’s water supply is drawn from the Indian River – something which sets Manistique apart form many of the other communities in the taste […]
Sand Hills Opens New Ozone Drinking Water Treatment Plant
New Jersey American Water has built a new water treatment plant in Short Hills, NJ to meet the standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act including the control of disinfection by-products. The new plant was built alongside two older plants, one that was built in 1929 and the second built in 1958. The 1958 plant […]