A municipal drinking water system in a new high-tech industrial zone in South Korea has contracted for an ultraviolet (UV) advanced oxidation process (AOP) treatment technology. This is the firts time such a technology will be applied in Korea for drinking water. The water treatment facility will treat more than 26 million gallons per day, […]
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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 […]
Ozone and UV Good Choices for Public Safety at Water Parks
In 1998, an outbreak of E. coli at White Water Park near Atlanta resulted in illness for 26 children aged 12 and under, seven hospitalizations for kidney failure, and the death of one child. According to the Center for Disease Control, this tragedy marked an increase in national awareness of the importance of recreational water […]