Entries Tagged Disinfection

Editor's Note: Innovation was a big theme at WEFTEC 2014. We'll be featuring a few of the new and better technologies found...

Everything water will be under one roof in June, as the AWWA’s 2014 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE14) comes to Boston, Mass.,...

Chlorine is the most common disinfection method for drinking water in North America. It comes as chlorine gas, sodium hypochlorite or calcium...

Water treatment plants near and far are moving away from conventional chlorine gas for disinfection. The decision to convert is driven by...

Perfectionists. That’s the conclusion you draw after a conversation with the treatment crew at the 2 mgd Bridge Creek Water Treatment Plant...

As big as it is, the 120 mgd Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant is just part of the supply network for Tampa...

Peristaltic pump improves fluoride injection accuracyProblem Pulsating-type diaphragm metering pumps were injecting fluoride at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant in North...

F loods, hurricanes, power outages and high winds are just a few obstacles overcome by operators at the Octoraro Water Treatment Plant...

Caustic leaks and the solution freezing every winter worried operators at the direct filtration Columbia River Water Treatment Plant in Richland, Wash. A...

Sometimes a simple change can make a big impact. Such is the case for the drinking water treatment plant in St. Peters,...

The Benbrook Water Authority (BWA) prides itself on staying one step ahead of the game. “We’re always looking ahead,” says David Wasson,...

Potable water systems use various disinfectants, such as chlorine, to kill viruses and bacteria that otherwise exist in the source water. Disinfection...

The Maryville (Mo.) Water Treatment Plant recently switched from free chlorine to chloramine disinfection to meet U.S. EPA Stage 2 Disinfectants and...

The website Environmental Protection Online reports that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Tesla Treatment Facility, California’s largest UV water disinfection plant,...