Disinfection
Jan 15 2019
Residents of Adrian, Mich., are raising concerns about their drinking water. According to Michigan Radio, residents say they have been complaining to…
Jan 9 2019
In the past decade, promulgation of the U.S. EPA’s Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule has caused many water utilities and…
Jan 7 2019
The use of sodium hypochlorite is common in many industrial applications. Its uses includes bleaching, cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing and water…
Dec 4 2018
American Canyon is a city of 20,000 located in Napa County, Calif. Its water reclamation facility (WRF) was commissioned in 2001 as one of the first…
Nov 15 2018
A section of Christies Beach in South Australia has been closed following a break-in at a wastewater treatment plant that caused a sludge overflow.…
Nov 14 2018
In Denmark, S.C., some residents have been suspicious of the water coming from their taps. According to WTVR-TV, they have been collecting samples…
Nov 13 2018
The ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2018 (Professional Qualifications Standard for Infection Control Risk Assessment for All Building Systems) has been…
Aug 26 2018
The Capital Controls MicroChem3 is a multi-parameter water analysis system offering both chlorine measurement and control in one versatile instrument…
Aug 15 2018
On Aug. 10, 2018, St. Croix Tissue Inc. in Baileyville, Maine, released more than a half million gal of partially treated industrial wastewater…
Jul 26 2018
North Ridgeville is a warm, neighborly and growing city of 32,483 located in Lorain County in Northeast Ohio. It was founded in 1810 and incorporated…
Nov 20 2017
The PAX Residual Control System (RCS) is a smart and automated disinfectant boosting system for water storage tanks and key locations in the water…
Oct 13 2017
Puerto Ricans have started using unsafe sources for drinking water. More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island, bottled water and…
Sep 19 2017
Local wastewater treatment has affected Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Due to upgrades and construction, the city’s water and sewer utility has…
Jul 27 2017
Xylem, a global water technology company, has secured a contract to supply its Wedeco LBX Series UV disinfection system to heighten protection…
Jul 11 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a suite of materials states and communities can use to protect public health during …
Jul 7 2017
Full-scale biological filtration system for removal of ammonia from groundwater in Palo, Iowa.
Ammonia has been a silent nuisance contaminant that…
Jul 7 2017
De Nora, a supplier of electrodes and water treatment technologies, announced the launch of Capital Controls MicroChem3, a multi-parameter water…
Jul 6 2017
Health officials confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, in Ouachita Parish's North Monroe water…
Mar 6 2017
Table 1. Automated Chemical Feed Delivery Rates
Ozone is primarily known as a respiratory irritant created by sun irradiation of ground level…
Mar 6 2017
Figure 1. Chlorine Tanks
The staff of a municipal water treatment plant had been experiencing problems with the facility’s disinfection treatment…
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