DRINKING WATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS

• Turbidity, What It Is And How It's Successfully Mitigated

  This article will clarify the essential aspects of turbidity, how it can affect human health, and how best to measure and mitigate it.

• United Utilities Trunk Main Trial

  United Utilities supplies water to 3 million homes and 200,000 businesses in North West England. Within the Winscales and Scilly Banks service reservoir zones where the trial was to take place, local United Utilities NCI / NIA had previously split the main and quantified losses of 4 liters/sec and 2 liters/sec in the respective halves. Leak detection on trunk mains using correlation techniques has always had potentially limited success for reasons of poor sound propagation and scarcity of accessible fittings. The business challenge was to exceed these limitations, improve efficiency and reduce leakage.

• Flow Meter Selection 101: Not All Flows Are The Same

  Flow measurement is critical to effective process control and management, whether for municipal or industrial uses. Before you purchase a flow meter, there are a lot of factors to consider. Be sure to answer these questions before deciding on the type of meter to install.

• Municipality Looks To Expand Plant Capacity While Reusing Existing Systems

  Sharjah Municipality of the Untied Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) was requiring to treat more and more flow despite having very little space for new treatment systems. They were looking at wanting to expand their plants No. 4 & No. 5 plants to meet new total nitrogen limits and try to do so by having to reuse the existing systems. This type of upgrade would save on cost as well as space at the plant.

• What's A Luminometer? And Why Should You Care?

  If you’re in the business of managing a water system — whether drinking water, wastewater or water used for industrial purposes — a luminometer can make your job easier.

• Meeting Customer Demands For Clean Water At Bristol Water

  Bristol Water provides clean, fresh drinking water every day to approximately 1.2 million people in the city of Bristol and surrounding areas in the west of England. As part of taking inventory on ways to improve its service, Bristol Water undertook its largest ever program of customer engagement. This invited customers to participate in the decisions Bristol Water makes about the future of their water services.

• 5 Ways To Make Removing PFAS Easier For Small Communities

  There are a few things that smaller water treatment plants should keep in mind when homing in on the most viable technologies for PFAS. 

• Wastewater Plant In Como, Italy, Upgrades To De Nora Ozone For Significant Savings

  The Lariana Depur wastewater treatment plant in Fino Mornasco, Italy, treats wastewater from multiple textile manufacturers in the Como region, known as the heart of the textile industry. Since 1994, ozone has been used effectively as a polisher to remove the dark blue-purple color — the result of the dyes used in the textile dyeing and printing process — from the water.

• Delivering Intelligent Connectivity To Prepare For The Next Decade

  From aging infrastructure and coping with natural disasters, to an increased desire to incorporate renewables and optimize the network, utilities and communities continue to adapt to the macro effects in play today. Now more than ever, we have a collective opportunity to find new ways to innovate and demonstrate resiliency through technology.

• Maintaining A Free Chlorine Residual In Your Distribution Systems

  Oftentimes, our first response to a taste and odor complaint is to test the water for a free chlorine residual. In this article, learn the major causes of increased chlorine residual and how to reduce it with active mixing.