The Four Way Special Utility District (SUD) operates multiple potable water plants, including Water Plant Number 3 in Eastern Angelina County, Texas. Plant Number 3 was having problems with Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and color due to the presence of tannic acids in the source water. The current process, aeration/chlorination was not successfully treating the problem, […]
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North Texas Municipal Water District completes $123 million Ozonation Project
The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) recently completed a $123 million ozonation project at their Wylie facility. The NTMWD’s Bonham and Tawakoni treatment plants also produce ozonated water. With the projects completion, the NTMWD’s four water treatment plants in Wylie are now the nation’s largest water treatment facility using ozone to treat water. Cumulatively, […]
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 […]
Drinking Water Utilities Treatment Practices Based On Recent Disinfection Rules
The Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules, know as LT2ESWTR was promulgated in 2006 obligating large drinking water utilities to comply with the rules by 2012. The rule was designed to prevent cryptosporidium, a difficult to kill pathogen from entering the drinking water supply. An incident in Milwaukee resulted in thousands of people […]
Santa Barbara to Complete Upgrade to Ozone
The City of Santa Barbara’s Cater Water Treatment Plant is being upgraded in response to stricter federal drinking water regulations. The $20 million ozone water treatment project is about 80 percent complete. The work should be completed by the end of January. Ozone will replace chlorine in the pre-treatment of water at the plant. Besides […]