The groundwater in Muttenz, Switzerland will be purified using a combination of advanced oxidation, adsorption and ultrafiltration. The water is subject to organic trace substances and occasionally impacted by Rhine filtrate. Difficult to treat compounds will be oxidized using ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The ozone and peroxide react to form hydroxyl radicals that are fast […]
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Cottonwood, Az Plans to Reclaim Wastewater for Drinking Water Using Advanced Oxidation
Cottonwood, AZ is planning on using reclaimed wastewater as a drinking water source sometime in the next15 or 20 years. The city plans to build an $8 million, wastewater treatment plant capable of removing many trace synthetic compounds via advanced oxidation using ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The focus is on pharmaceuticals which have recently become […]
Advanced Oxidation Treats Contaminated Ground Water Near Tucson
For 25 years, TCE-polluted groundwater has been pumped for treatment from an old Air Force Plant near Tucson where chemicals were dumped by weapons-systems manufacturers from the 1940s until the 1970s. Discovered in 1981, the groundwater contamination remains at very high levels in areas of the 1,300-acre site. Some monitoring wells still show pollution at […]