Ontario is investing in innovative solutions to help protect Great Lakes water quality. The Keswick Water Pollution Control Plant is testing an advanced oxidation process to reduce the amount of phosphorus and micro pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products entering Lake Simcoe. Advanced oxidation processes have been demonstrated to remove pharmaceutical and personal […]
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San Diego Uses Advanced Oxidation to Recycle Wastewater
In summer 2011, the City of San Diego opened the Advanced Water Purification (AWP) Facility, a small-scale, state-of-the-art facility that purifies one MGD of recycled water. The facility is one component of the City’s Water Purification Demonstration Project that is examining the safety and cost of purifying recycled water. San Diego is examining water purification […]
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 […]
Advanced Oxidation Process Added to Wastewater Reclaimation System in Southern California
Parsons was selected by the Orange County Water District (OCWD) to provide construction management services for the $128 million Initial Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in Fountain Valley, CA. Scheduled for completion in 2014, this project will increase the treatment capacity of the GWRS by 31,000 acre-feet per year. GWRS, the largest advanced […]
Boston Improves Water and Wasterwater Treatment with Ozone
At the International Ozone Association meeting in Boston a couple of months back, Frederick Laskey, who is the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) gave one of the keynote addresses. MWRA supplies 220 MGD of drinking water and treats 350 MGD of wastewater. Boston once had, or at least what was called, […]