Drinking Water Case Studies and White Papers

  1. Tackling Arsenic With A Cost-Effective Strategy 10/27/2021

    Arsenic presents a wide array of negative health impacts, which is why it is such a big concern for many municipal water systems. 

  2. Big Sky, Montana Water District Enhances Operations With Xylem 1/10/2023

    Discover how smart technology helped a Montana utility advance leak detection and customer service goals. 

  3. On-Site Disinfection Generation Enables City To Provide High Quality Water For Industrial Food Processing Customers 7/13/2018

    The city of Buhl, Idaho, obtains all of its drinking water from groundwater sources through multiple wells. Prior to 2009, the city did not treat the groundwater but only added chlorine in the form of bulk 12.5% sodium hypochlorite to provide a disinfectant residual. A combination of factors including: changes in EPA and state DEQ regulatory requirements, growth of the residential population and growth of the industrial food processing customers forced the City to build a new water treatment plant to provide filtration to address the naturally occurring arsenic present in the groundwater.

  4. San Jose Water Company Solves Chloramine Residual Problem With The Process Solutions, Inc. Monoclor® RCS Chloramine Management System 7/10/2018

    A San Jose Water Quality Engineer said, "I wasn’t convinced that PSI’s Monoclor chloramine dosing system would solve our problems after several failed attempts to improve residual, but with PSI offering a trial including installation, operation, and troubleshooting for three months, San Jose Water decided to invest the necessary resources to pilot this system.

  5. Working With Customers To Reduce Water Usage During California Drought 3/30/2016

    In 2015, California entered the fourth year of a severe drought, the driest it has been since record keeping began in the late 1800s. This historic long-term drought is a problem for every American, regardless of where they live, because it has implications for the economy, society and environment.

  6. Adaptive Mixer Helps Water Reuse Facility Avoid Costly Treatment Operation Shutdowns 2/24/2023

    Discover how innovative mixing technology resolved constant build up and settling of lime softener sludge for a water reuse facility. 

  7. The Key To Implementing Innovative And Sustainable Solutions For A Solid Water Infrastructure 1/29/2021

    Through collaboration with customers, suppliers and municipalities, ALTRA Proven Solutions looked for innovative ways to better design, plan, finance, and build our infrastructures to make them more resilient. 

  8. When Your Weakness Becomes Your Strength 4/24/2020

    Significant water loss leads to new technologies putting the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on the cutting edge of service.

  9. What To Know About Water Quality Analysis For Reverse Osmosis 5/23/2018

    Reverse osmosis (RO) has become a widely utilized treatment process for diverse applications such as medical and laboratory research, desalination, and treatment of industrial wastewater and municipal water/wastewater. Because of its widespread use and technically advanced nature, a variety of quality parameters should be monitored by those treatment operators who utilize it.

  10. Midlothian, TX, Expands Water Treatment Plant With A Safe, Reliable Disinfection System 7/24/2018

    When the City of Midlothian, Texas, was ready to expand their water treatment plant to accommodate a growing population, they carefully considered and investigated their water disinfection options.