City Utilities of Springfield, Mo plans on capital improvements for their drinking water infrastructure. The water division plans to build a new million-gallon water tower in southeast Springfield to boost water pressure in that part of the city. In addition, it’s also moving ahead with a $7.2 million project to switch its water treatment facilities […]
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Study Says Ozone Technology Sales to Exceed $800 Million by 2015
A BCC Research technology market research report indicates that total worldwide sales revenues for ozone technology were $469 million in 2007, and are expected to increase to more than $800 Million in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%. The largest ozone technology segments in 2009 were water/wastewater applications. These will increase from […]
Windsor WTP Wins Best Tasting Water in Ontario Award
The Windsor Utilities Commission and the City of Windsor won the Award for Best Tasting Water at the Ontario Works Association’s annual water testing competition. Windsor was the first municipality in Ontario to utilize Ozone for primary disinfection. Many other water treatment plants using ozone have won tasting events, not just against other water plants […]
Costa Mesa Improves Water Quality with Ozone and Nano Filtration
The Mesa Consolidated Water District (Mesa Water) inaugurated the start of construction for its Colored Water Treatment Facility (CWTF) improvements project. Mesa Water sits above a portion of Orange County’s groundwater basin that includes a supply of amber-colored water hundreds of feet below the clear-water reserves. In planning since the 1980s, the CWTF went on-line […]
Swedish Wastewater Plant Treats Filamentous Sludge with Ozone
At Öresundsverket wastewater treatment plant in Helsingborg,Sweden, they have problems with filamentous sludge during springtime, as do many other activated sludge plants. With ozonation of the return sludge flow Öresundsverket has drastically reduced the amount of filamentous sludge and significantly increased the quality of the water. Ozone is a very strong oxidant, In the treatment […]
Wisconsin Dairy Farm Improves Operations with Ozone
It is surprising to learn that a dairy farm requires a sizable laundry for its operation. It turns out that the udders on every cow need cleaning three times a day during milking and the Statz Brothers farm cleans each cow’s udder, 2,600 cows in all, with a fresh towel. To clean all of those […]
Hillsboro, KS Evaluates ozone for Zebra Mussel Control
Hillsboro City Council approved a study of ozone treatment to solve an issue with zebra mussels getting into the city’s water treatment plant. Invasive zebra mussels have become more of a problem at the city’s water treatment plant with workers having to remove a substantial number every two to three days at the pump house. […]
Japanese Goverment Approves Ozone for Ballast Water Treatment
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that an ozone-based ballast water treatment system earned a certificate of compliance from the Japanese government. The system was audited based on guidelines set out in the International Convention for the “Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (G8),” adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Certification […]
Singapore Uses Ozone for Two Decades to Treat Drinking Water
According to Singapore’s National water agency PUB the water treatment process at its Bedok plant takes six steps, two of which involve an enhanced disinfecting technology called ozonation. When infused with water, ozone kills bacteria and micro-organisms like algae and plankton which float on the water surface initially. A coagulant called aluminium sulphate is then […]
North Carolina Water Plant Expands with Ozone
The expansion of the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant in Wilmington is nearing complete. Planning for the project began in 2005. The construction will take the plant from 25 million gallons of treated water per day to a potential 44 million gallons per day. The facility is implementing new filtration systems, including ozone and UV disinfection. […]