DRINKING WATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS

• How To Avoid Byproduct Formation When Using An Ozone And Biologically Active Filtration System

  This article will cover the different types of byproducts that can occur, along with specific examples, and what is needed to reduce their presence in the final effluent.

• Breaking The Causative Chain Of Legionellosis

  Legionnaires’ disease first garnered public attention in 1976. After attending an American Legion convention at a Philadelphia hotel, 221 people became ill, with 34 dying of a mysterious illness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a major investigation, and in 1977 identified the responsible bacterium, naming it Legionella.

• Isolating A Leaking Pipe Helps Avoid Water Disruption To Entire Island

  Wanting to avoid an island-wide water system shutdown during peak season, the Village of Bald Head Island turned to the Insta-Valve 250 for help.

• Monitoring Lead In School Drinking Water

  The EPA’s guidance documentation “3T’s for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities: Training, Testing, Telling” recommends for schools to routinely test their facility’s drinking water, with a focus on lead levels in drinking water fountains.

• Neptune's R450™ System Helps Get Feet Off The Streets Of Laredo

  The city of Laredo, Texas, had been walking to read its 67,543 water meters – 59,138 residential and 8,405 commercial accounts – using a manual method that took up to ten staff on the streets nearly an entire month to read to meet a monthly billing schedule. With the dawn of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems, the City began their search for the right metering solution for the department’s needs.

• Changxing Power Plant Debuts The World's First Forward Osmosis-Based Zero Liquid Discharge Application

  Desalination Technology Transforms 650 m3/day of Abused Industrial Wastewater

• U Of I Urbana-Champaign Implements Remote Monitoring System

  The Utility Distribution team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign manage the water system which serves the entire campus. The University purchases water from Illinois American Water which is distributed across the campus for uses as diverse as chemistry labs, agricultural research, and competitive swimming complexes.

• Tennessee Town Checks For Water Loss In More Than 8,000 Feet Of Pipe

  Learn how Electro Scan helped a rural Tennessee town check for water loss and to find the sources of its non-revenue water (NRW). 

• Omaha Municipal Utility District

  Despite the large capital costs invested in a new pressurized CO2 feed system – a competing product to BlueInGreen’s supersaturated carbon dioxide gas-dissolution (CDOX®) technology — facility managers were unsatisfied with its performance

• AMERICAN Helps Quench Music City's Thirst In 24/7 Water Main Project

  Crews in Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, at times have worked around the clock – 24 hours a day, seven days a week – to complete Metro Water Services’ Cumberland City Low Transmission Water Main project. There is good reason for this full-throttle approach. It minimizes traffic issues and allows for more scheduling flexibility.