El Paso Water Utilities is finishing an expansion of its Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant. This upgrade adds 2 million gallons per day of capacity at the plant. The $16.2 million project took about two years and should be completed by the beginning of February. The plant treats waste water to drinking-quality water. About 44% […]
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Ozone Applications in Food Processing
Ozone is approved by the FDA and has been successfully used for food processing applications including surface decontamination to extend the shelf life of cheese and fresh produce. It is also used for decontamination of food packaging materials, disinfecting of process water and cleaning processing equipment and food storage areas. Ozone is also used extensively […]
San Clemente Upgrading to Ozone Water Treatment
San Clemente is requesting residents, businesses, and homeowner’s associations to reduce their water use while a regional water treatment facility in Yorba Linda is shutdown for maintenance. During the shutdown the Metropolitan Water District’s Diemer Filtration Plant will undergo a series of operational upgrades and improvements related to a new ozone water treatment system. Ozone […]
Manchester Upgrades Drinking Water Plant with Ozone Treatment for Taste and Odor Control
The Manchester, CT water treatment plant was officially opened on Dec. 14 to mark completion of a $12.5 million improvement project. The major upgrades to the Globe Hollow Water Treatment Facility were a switch from gaseous to liquid chlorine and the installation of an ozonation system to improve the taste and odor of the water. […]
Safety of Reclaimed Water Discussed in Flagstaff, AZ
A panel was gathered at Northern Arizona University DuBois Center to answer questionsabout wastewater treatment techniques and the safety of using or drinking reclaimed water. Flagstaff plans to sell reclaimed water to an Arizona sledding facility for snow making. The panel included Shane Snyder of the U of Arizona, Chuck Graf of the Arizona DEQ […]
Napa Adopts Ozone Treatment of Drinking Water
Twenty-four percent of Napa residents don’t drink the city’s tap water. Most people indicated that it’s because of a chlorine smell or taste. The chlorine is in the water to make sure it stays safe to drink as it travels through pipes leading from the treatment plant to taps. In the spring, the city improved […]
Seattle Super Green Building Looks At Ozone Water Treatment
By late next year, Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood will be home to a new six-story office building that strives to be the greenest commercial building in the world. The new structure will hold the offices of the environmentally-focused Bullitt Foundation. The Bullitt Center was designed to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge, and […]
New Standards to Impact the Use of Hypochlorite for Drinking Water
Changes to NSF/ANSI Standard 60 may impact the use of sodium hypochlorite in drinking water systems. New rules are being considered for the contaminates bromate, perchlorate and chlorate, all of which can be traced to sodium hypochlorite. US drinking water systems are concerned about disinfection products that might contaminate the water either from contaminants that […]
Marines to Recycle Wastewater in San Diego for Landscape Irrigation
The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San diego is pioneering a type of on-site wastewater recycling system. It will divert 10,000 gallons of sewage at the base each day, treat it to state standards and pump it through irrigation lines to the roots of landscape plants. If all works according to plan, passers-by won’t notice […]
Monteray Bay Aquarium Uses Ozone and UV to Treat Water Returned to Bay
Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the largest wastewater dischargers of water into the protected Pacific Grove area of the bay. The State Water Resources Control Board exempted the aquarium from a state ban on dumping wastewater into a marine protected zone. The aquarium continuously takes in about 1,400 gallons of seawater a minute and […]