Drinking Water Case Studies and White Papers

  1. Potato Chips In Peru? Headworks Solves A Multinational Food & Beverage Company's Space And Effluent Quality Challenges 6/5/2017

    Although industry only accounts for 20% of water consumption globally (vs. 70% for agriculture and 10% for domestic consumption), most multinational industrial companies are now focused on ensuring they provide effective environmental management wherever they are in the world.  

  2. Harmful Algae: How To Stay Ahead Of The Bloom 9/6/2018

    It’s the call no water treatment plant superintendent wants to receive, especially not while on vacation. Andy McClure, Superintendent of Toledo, Ohio’s Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, answered his phone to hear his head of operations report that the level of microcystin in the finished water was high, caused by a large harmful algal bloom (HAB) that was impacting the plant’s Lake Erie intake.

  3. Butler WTP Solves Membrane Integrity Issues And Meets EPA LT2 Rule With Aqua MultiBore® Membranes 4/13/2020

    Butler Water Treatment Plant (WTP), located in Missouri, receives its influent from a surface water impoundment fed from Butler Lake, Maris de Cygenes River, and Miami Creek. Following treatment, it provides potable water to over 300 businesses, (4) schools, 4100 residents and (4) other Public Water Supply districts.

  4. The Chemistry Of A Bloom: What Water Tests Reveal About Toxic Algae 7/8/2025

    Understanding the chemistry behind algal blooms is key to early detection, effective monitoring, and mitigating their impacts. Fortunately, water testing technologies are revealing powerful insights into what’s really happening below the surface. 

  5. Mussel Fouling Prevention At Shepaug Hydroelectric Station 2/14/2024

    While the population of invasive mussels was very low along the Housatonic River in 2015, the population was expected to increase in the coming years. Firstlight Energy, a subsidiary of GDF Suez and operators of a number of hydroelectric facilities in Connecticut and Massachusetts, was concerned about the detrimental effect the anticipated increase would have on the cooling water systems of the Shepaug Hydroelectric Station.

  6. Retrofit Significantly Reduces Backwash Cycle Interval, Duration And Water Use For Georgia Utility 5/1/2017

    A Leopold filter system helped save the North Columbus Resource Facility approximately 1,000,000 gallons of water per day that was previously used for backwash purposes.

  7. Preparing Your Valves For Winter With Proactive Maintenance 10/22/2024

    As the cold weather sets in, water distribution and wastewater systems face increased stress, making it important to ensure critical components like valves are in peak condition.

  8. Water Quality: Critically Important To Countless Industries 9/6/2017

    To say that the world of water quality is diverse is an understatement of some magnitude. It’s much more than simply diverse. It’s downright complex. Whether your application is pool management, pharmaceutical manufacturing, maintenance of boilers or cooling towers, food production, brewing, printing, desalination, agriculture, aquaculture, wastewater management, or any one of a vast number of other industries, the quality of the water is a make-or-break critical characteristic that determines success or failure.

  9. Custom Water Panel Answers Multiple Water Questions 4/23/2021

    A mid-size water system in the southeast was looking to pull together multiple measurements in a single panel. After reviewing off-the-shelf solutions, they realized there was nothing that met their requirements.

  10. Troubleshooting A Sudden Fecal Coliform Non-Compliance Event 11/26/2018

    A municipal wastewater treatment plant investigated a sudden increase in fecal coliform exceedance events.