Drinking Water Case Studies and White Papers

  1. Town Of Kittery, Maine Relies On Lime Feeders For pH Control For More Than 25 years 6/26/2017

    The Francis L. Hatch water filtration plant is in the coastal town in York county Maine and has an average capacity of 2.6 MGD. This is a surface water plant that utilizes hydrated or “slaked” lime (calcium hydroxide) to maintain the pH level around 7.0. For over 25 years, the district has used two of the UGSI Chemical Feed model 32‐055 Feeders to mix dry hydrated lime with water to create a lime slurry solution that can then be added to the finished water treatment.

  2. The Natural Way: Biological Treatment For Groundwater Contaminant Removal 8/20/2019

    Nature has long provided guidance to simple and sustainable ways to manage environmental challenges. Biological treatment of potable water is no exception. As more water is required to support human activity worldwide, sources once considered too contaminated or expensive to treat are quickly becoming necessary options. For groundwater contaminant removal, once again, the laws of nature point the way.

  3. High Recovery Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment For Industrial, Agricultural, And Municipal Applications 8/13/2014

    Industry accounts for nearly 60 percent of fresh water withdrawals in the developed world and agriculture consumes 70 percent of fresh water supplies globally, according to UNESCO.

  4. Schwenksville Borough Authority In Pennsylvania Turns To De Nora SORB 33A For Arsenic Removal 2/2/2023

    A small treatment plant was looking for the most economic solution to treat water and needed a product with a longer life expectancy. Learn why they turned to De Nora's SORB 33A media. 

  5. A Collaborative Leakage Project With Anglian Water 2/18/2022

    With an aging distribution network becoming ever-more prone to leaks and bursts, it is clear utilities cannot continue to do what they have always done. Industrial IoT is reshaping the landscape.

  6. City Solves Reliability And Maintenance Problems For WTP Hypo Feeds 8/13/2014

    A municipal water quality manager reports replacement of sodium hypochlorite (hypo) vacuum feeder units with a more advanced type at one water treatment plant (WTP) has helped allow for continued reliability for chlorination.

  7. A New Standard For Measuring Pipe Wall Thickness Of Asbestos Cement Pipe 11/10/2021

    Internal pipe Low Voltage Alternating Current Gradient (LVACG) machine-intelligent technology can be used for assessing pressurized water mains for leaks and measuring pipe wall thickness.

  8. Treatment Of Cyanotoxins In Drinking Water With Activated Carbon 9/24/2014

    Recently, cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins have become a high profile drinking water quality concern in both the United States and abroad. The combination of weather conditions, agricultural phosphate runoff, and other factors has produced water conditions that have favored the formation of cyanobacteria in surface water supplies.

  9. Clean Water In Searcy, Arkansas 9/22/2022

    Discover Searcy Water Utilities' solution to naturally corrosive water that began to cause problems for certain mixers. 

  10. Findlay Township Utility Saves Money And Manpower With Proactive Xylem Technology 3/9/2023

    Learn about the acoustic monitoring application that identifies water leaks efficiently.