The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) began using ozone as the primary disinfectant at its Wylie Water Treatment Plants in 2014. As a result of the $123 million ozone project, a significant improvement in the taste and odor of the drinking water produced is expected. The NTMWD selected ozone in the treatment process because […]
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Burleson, TX Faces Water Taste and Odor Challenge
Burleson, TX residents are having taste and odor problems with their drinking water which is purchased from Fort Worth. While the water has been determined to be safe to drink, officials have acknowledged that it does have an “earthy smell and taste”. Tests indicated an increase in the levels of a substance called geosmin in […]
Fort Worth Experiences Taste and Odor Issues
The Fort Worth Business Press reports that Water from Fort Worth’s Rolling Hills and Westside water treatment plants is safe to drink despite changes in taste and odor, according to city officials. Both water departments assure their customers the water is safe for drinking, cooking, bathing and all other purposes, though it has what Fort […]
Monroe MI Upgrades Ozone System for Taste and Odor Control
MONROE — Monroe is updating it ozone system to control potential taste-and-odor problems with replacement one of two ozone generators for a cost of nearly $1,000,000. The new ozone generator is to become operational by Aug. 15. The ozone generators were installed in 1997 and 2001, but the 1997 ozone generator has failed and is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Salt Lake City Uses Ozone to Improve Water Quality
Salt lake City uses ozone at two of its facilities: Little Cottonwood (LCW) and Point of the Mountain (POM). LCW has Utah’s first and largest ozone drinking water treatment system, two ozone generators each sized at 3,750 lb/day of ozone. The facility can treat 143 MGD of water. The plant can dose ozone at 3.5 […]
City of Lawrence Looks to Ozone to Solve Taste and Odor Problems with Their Drinking Water
The city of Lawrence is researching new treatment methods to deal with a taste and odor problem associated with its drinking water which recently have become a more serious issue. The city’s Utility Department said there is a solution in the works that would use “advanced oxidation” to combat taste and odor issues that are […]
Norman, OK Studies Ozone Water Treatment
Norman water treatment plant improvements enter Phase II: The city council, acting as the Norman Utilities Authority, will consider approving a $1.5 million contract with Carollo Engineers for Phase II improvements at the water treatment plant located in northeast Norman. The improvements follow studies conducted in 2006 and 2007. Carollo performed a chlorine pilot study, […]
Illinois Country Adopts Advnaced Oxidation for Disinfection, Taste and Odor Control
The Otter Lake Water Commission has submitted is plan, as well as a loan application for nearly $2 million, to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) public water supply loan program. The Otter Lake commission is responsible for water treatment and for the distribution systems that transmit water to 467 individual and nine wholesale customers […]