Water Online Radio

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Cutting off service to a customer who hasn’t paid their water bill can be a controversial move for many utilities. But a new product that integrates a shut off valve with an ultrasonic meter may make what has traditionally been an all or nothing decision a little easier. Continue Reading..

Technologies For Detecting Water Loss

Monday, July 11, 2016

As water loss continues to concern many utilities, American Leak Detection’s franchise business model continues to “plug many a hole.” As Adam Gray, Director of Marketing for American Leak Detection, explains in this Water Online Radio interview, the franchise model is effective on numerous levels, whether it be providing the leak detection expertise that a utility doesn’t necessarily have on staff or allowing leak... Continue Reading..

Upgrading Filtration In Your Water Treatment Plant

Monday, July 11, 2016

As utilities grapple to do more with less, many manufacturers are creating novel retrofit products that can work within the current footprint of a treatment facility. Continue Reading..

Biological Filtration For Drinking Water Treatment Takes Off

Monday, July 11, 2016

Biottta is a relatively new biological filtration process for drinking water treatment, addressing nitrates, perchlorates, chromium-6 and a number of VOCs as well. In this Water Online Radio interview, AdEdge Water Technologies’ Chad Miller and Rich Cavagnaro discuss its emergence in the water treatment market and some of the specific contaminants it addresses. Continue Reading..

Activated Carbon And Ion Exchange Resins Compared

Friday, July 8, 2016

Andy McClure and Jim Knepper of Jacobi Carbon recently sat down with Water Online Radio to discuss the differences between activated carbon and ion exchange resins as mediums for water purification. The interview covered recent developments such as the lowering of the EPA’s health advisory level for perflourinated compounds and cyanotoxins from algal blooms to the more traditional concerns of taste, odor, disinfection byproducts and TOC... Continue Reading..

Coconut Shell Activated Carbon For Removing PFOA And PFOS

Friday, July 8, 2016

Coconut shell activated carbon is typically used for filtration in cleaner waters. Its alternatives are coal-based or wood-based carbon. With the recently published EPA guidelines on perfluorinated compounds, Water Online Radio sat down with Neal Megonnell, Senior Vice President for Haycarb USA, to understand coconut shell activated carbon’s application in fighting PFOA and PFOS. Continue Reading..

Filters For Corrosive Environments

Friday, July 8, 2016

Forsta Filters designs and fabricates automatic self-cleaning water filters. Polly Stenberg, Director of Sales for the Los Angeles, CA-based company, recently sat down with Water Online Radio to discuss the Company’s fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) series. As Stenberg explains, the filters answer an increasing need for equipment to handle corrosive environments, predominantly brackish, brine and seawater. Continue Reading..

Microbial Water Analysis No Longer Requires Lab

Thursday, July 7, 2016

According to Dave Tracey, Director of Sales with LuminUltra, the missing link in water quality field analysis has always been microbiology. According to Tracey, there are plenty of handheld tools for delivering quick reads on physical and chemical parameters such as pH, turbidity and color but microbiology has always been sent to the lab. Until now that is. Continue Reading..

New Mobile App Allows Utility To Quickly Access Hydrant and Valve Data

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Maury Gaston and Derek Scott of American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) recently joined Water Online Radio at ACE.16 to discuss the latest advancements in flow control and ductile iron pipe. Continue Reading..

Water Reuse Becomes Builders' Selling Point

Monday, November 30, 2015

One way to think about offsetting water rate increases is to reuse the water being consumed. For example, instead of paying $100 a quarter and using the water flowing out of faucets just once, what if you as a homeowner could treat that wastewater on site and reuse it to irrigate the lawn, wash the car, or flush the toilets? Continue Reading..

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