Ozone is often used to reduce the amount of organic compounds in water treatment applications via a process called oxidation. Commonly used measures of organic levels are COD (chemical oxygen demand) and BOD (biological oxygen demand). The first measure uses high temperature and aggressive chemical oxidants to completely oxygenate organic compounds in a test sample […]
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Melbourne Wastewater Plant to Use Ozone
A long-planned upgrade at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant includes an ozone system with installation beginning in November 2010. with peak flows of around 185 MGD of treated water production, the upgrade to advanced tertiary treatment at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant will make it among the largest of its kind in the world. After […]