Contaminant Removal Resources

  1. Rural Water Treatment Plant Reduces TTHMs And HAA5 With Ion Exchange 4/17/2025

    Both rural and urban water systems experience dissolved organic carbon (DOC) — a precursor to halogenated organic compounds like total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) — in source water. However, rural systems often struggle to find treatment options suited for smaller scale operations and budgets.

  2. How Fine Screens Simplify The New Waste Discharge Requirements 4/4/2025

    How are fine screen solutions aiding winemakers in their efforts to meet California State Water Resources Control Board mandates for enhanced monitoring and treatment of winery process water.

  3. Addressing Water Treatment Challenges: Technology Access Limitations By Small, Rural Water Utilities 3/31/2025

    With aging infrastructures, lean and limited personnel, lower budgets, and less accessible, often remote locations, smaller and rural water treatment plants are challenged in maintaining operations while understanding new and important technologies in improving contaminant removal in water treatment. 

  4. Addressing Water Treatment Challenges Faced By Potable Water Utilities 3/31/2025

    “Emerging Contaminants" can be broadly defined as any synthetic or naturally occurring chemical that is not commonly monitored in the environment. These substances have the potential to enter the environment and cause known or suspected adverse ecological and/or human health effects.

  5. Market Outlook: Growth Opportunities In PFAS Water And Wastewater Treatment (2024-2031) 2/24/2025
    The U.S. PFAS water and wastewater treatment equipment market is expected to grow at over 11% from 2024 to 2031, primarily driven by stringent regulatory requirements and enhanced public awareness of PFAS contamination risks. The market was estimated at over $90 million in 2024.
  6. Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority Uses Powdered Activated Carbon To Ensure High Quality Drinking Water 2/21/2025

    Founded in 1982, Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority supplies drinking water to a region of approximately one million people living south of Tampa Bay in DeSoto, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee Counties. Its surface water treatment plant draws water from the Peace River to a reservoir and treats it to drinking water standards at the rate of about 31 million gallons a day.

  7. Efficient Carbon And Ion Exchange Media Exchange 1/31/2025

    This document outlines the essential steps required to exchange spent media, including disposal of spent media.

  8. Designing And Evaluating A Water Treatment Media Pilot 1/28/2025

    Evaluating the use of activated carbon and other media for water treatment is a crucial step to ensure project goals are achieved.

  9. Identifying Contaminants Of Concern 1/28/2025

    In this article, we outline the sources, occurrence, known health issues, and mitigation options for specific contaminants.

  10. The Four Tenets Of Pressure Vessel Design 1/27/2025

    This article discusses the four tenets of designing pressure vessels: Corrosion Management, Hydraulic Performance, Media Optimization, and Maintenance and Operations and its relation to optimizing PFAS removal.