WASTEWATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS

• Carbon Media Solutions

  Xylem’s offering of granular activated carbons includes a versatile group of adsorbents designed to meet your needs for air and water compliance, wastewater treatment, remediation, and water purification. As an exclusive supplier of AquaCarb® and VoCarb® carbons, among many others, we provide premium virgin, activated, and reactivated carbons sourced from high-quality bituminous coal, coconut shell, and anthracite coal, suitable for both liquid and vapor phase applications.

  Our activated carbons undergo rigorous quality testing at a state-certified environmental and carbon testing laboratory. Our application experts can help you select the right carbon, enabling you to improve performance, extend time between exchanges, and minimize operating costs.

  We maintain a large inventory of high-quality carbons for quick selection and delivery. We can deliver carbon to you in:

  • Supersacks
  • Paper bags
  • Fiber drums
• Performance Test Services For UV Advanced Oxidation Systems

  UV AOP performance verification requires a robust test matrix covering design, operating, and control conditions. This process includes on-site execution, sample analysis, and troubleshooting to achieve successful regulatory approval.

• The Active Control Program For Advanced UV Oxidation

  This application note will explore how active control programs lower operational costs of compliant contaminant removal. 

• Odor Reduction Corrosion Abatement (ORCA): A Water One® Services Solution

  Digitally enabled odor and corrosion control service for maximum protection

  • The most precise and reliable chemical dosing system in the industry
  • Real-time data-driven dosing adjustments for optimal performance
  • Proactive service with 24/7 remote monitoring for maximum uptime

  The ORCA solution ensures consistent and precise chemical dosing with enhanced service and system automation to handle changing levels of hydrogen sulfide in real-time. This provides superior odor control performance and protects critical water infrastructure.

  Xylem’s full-service ORCA program supports your treatment objectives with 24/7 remote monitoring and control through our secure web portal. Your digitally connected water systems are monitored daily by our team of experts using customized dashboards and data insights. This provides more frequent system checks while offering additional flexibility with remote adjustment of chemical does rates. This also reduces risk with fewer on-site service visits and ensures optimal performance, so your water system will be continuously protected.

  VaporLink® 2.0 Hydrogen Sulfide Monitor

  The VaporLink hydrogen sulfide monitor combines effective hydrogen sulfide analysis with a remote, customer interface for improved recording and responsiveness to changes in site conditions. The monitor is equipped with a cellular modem that communicates the logged data to our Link2Site® website and improves the ability to make necessary adjustments to chemical dosing and alarm setpoints— quickly and efficiently.

  The VaporLink 2.0 minimizes service interruptions and reduces personnel exposure through its innovative six-sensor design. Additionally, the VaporLink 2.0 can be configured to record hydrogen sulfide on one-to-five-minute intervals to meet your specific application needs. The system will automatically isolate and place on service a new sensor on predetermined intervals, ensuring continuous and effective compliance monitoring for up to one year.

  AQUA pro services

  The ORCA full-service program is supported by Xylem’s AQUA pro service professionals. From system installation and maintenance to proactive service, our highly trained team of service professionals ensures that your system is operating at peak performance. 

  The  Digital Advantage

  Xylem improves upon traditional approaches to water system management by leveraging decades of experience in water system design, an unmatched local service network, and digital remote monitoring technology to deliver the quality and quantity of water you need—when you need it. Our professional service technicians, engineers, and customer service representatives are highly trained and experienced to help with all your water system needs.

  Xylem’s ORCA solution is supported by an in-house digital operations team consisting of water experts, program engineers, and data scientists to ensure optimal performance. When purchased with our award-winning Water One® service offering, we use remote monitoring and data intelligence to provide proactive, predictive services to maintain all your water needs.

• Water Reuse: Solutions For Sustainability, Efficiency, And Resilient Water Systems

  What is water reuse?

  Water reuse is the process of treating and reclaiming water from various sources for practical purposes, including groundwater recharge, industrial applications, wetland restoration, agricultural irrigation, public access area uses, as well as drinking water applications. By reusing water, communities can reduce dependence on traditional water supplies, avoid costly imported water from 3rd party providers, and improve resilience in water systems. Thanks to progress in water treatment technology, along with economic and regulatory incentives, water recycling has become a cost-effective and sustainable solution to meet the growing demand for highly treated water and overcome supply shortages during droughts.

  There are three primary types of water reuse: Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR), Direct Potable Reuse (DPR), and Non-Potable. In IPR reuse systems, advanced treated water is either injected into an environmental buffer (groundwater, river, or reservoir) before being extracted again for use, whereas DPR is directly blended into the drinking water treatment plant or distribution system. Non-potable water is not intended for human consumption and can be used for irrigation, industrial processes, laundry, or toilet flushing.

  Advanced treatment technologies, such as membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet disinfection, ozonation, and advanced oxidation processes (AOP), play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of reclaimed water.

  Why reuse water? 

  As water scarcity continues to rise, water reuse is an essential strategy for creating a more sustainable future. The use of recycled water reduces the demand for freshwater sources, which are becoming increasingly scarce due to population growth, climate change, and other factors.

  Here are some key benefits of water reuse:

  • Safeguard quality and resilience: Reused water is purified well beyond drinking water standards, improving resilience and ensuring quality for both potable and even non-potable purposes.
  • Uphold safety: Treatment processes like ozone and ultraviolet light can be used to disinfect or break down complex contaminants, ensuring water is pathogen-free and concentrations are below maximum contaminant levels (MCL).
  • Ensure cost savings and efficiency: After treating a waste stream to discharge level, it may require less treatment to bring it to reuse standards, making reuse not only environmentally responsible but also cost-effective in many scenarios and locations.
  • Conserve traditional water supplies: By reusing water, we can lessen our reliance on conventional water resources like rivers, lakes, and aquifers, thereby conserving them for future generations.
  • Reduce carbon footprint: Water reclamation is often more efficient than treating a raw water resource, which can lessen environmental impact.
  • Enable versatility and customization: Advanced treatment systems are tailored to meet specific needs for a variety of sectors, including industrial, urban, agricultural, and public access area uses.

  How to reuse water 

  The major aim of every reuse project is to minimize human health risk associated with the use or consumption of reclaimed water. While the exact treatment requirements depend upon the source water quality and the reuse purpose, to be cost-effective, the treatment must be energy efficient and have a high-water yield.

  An adequate treatment design plan depends on the application the water will be used in. In non-potable applications, normally filtration and disinfection will suffice, while potable reuse generally requires a combination of advanced treatment processes such as membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, disinfection, and/or advanced oxidation.

  Xylem has brands and solutions to fit every stage of the water reuse process: 

  • beginning with the transport of raw sewage and wastewater with Xylem brands like Flygt
     
  • to secondary treatment to remove most dissolved and suspended organic matter and nutrients with brands like Sanitaire and Envirex
  • to tertiary stages that remove residual particulate matter, nutrients, TDS, and nematode eggs with brands like Leopold and Davco
  • along with disinfection and advanced oxidation that inactivates pathogens, and breaks down trace constituents and emerging contaminants of concern with brands like Wedeco, ETS-UV, ATG UV Systems, Pacific Ozone, and Wallace & Tiernan 
  • and finally, digital solutions like YSI, OI Analytical, Xylem Vue that leverage remote monitoring, alerts, and data analytics for proactive and predictive maintenance

  Based on practical knowledge from decades of combined brand experience, thousands of installations worldwide, and strengths in powerful R&D innovation, our team looks at the entire wastewater process at your plant. We will work with your consulting engineer and State regulators to integrate the right technologies to meet your intended targets. Modular design makes it easy to fit your requirements now and easily expand to meet your future needs.

  Water reuse partnership 

  Though Xylem has teams of specialists, years of expertise, deep understanding of water regulations, and a broad solutions portfolio, we understand the complexities of water systems and the potential to partner with various water treatment experts. Xylem has partnered with hundreds of different firms around the globe to ensure the most efficient and viable water systems for communities and municipalities.

  Our goal is to thoroughly understand each project, determine the best methods, and customize optimal solutions that meet local regulations and requirements while delivering resiliency, quality, and cost savings.

  Let us be your partner in making every drop count. Contact us today to discuss your project needs.

• Panametrics Achieves Challenging Wastewater Flow Measurement On A Lined Ductile Iron Pipe

  A municipal wastewater plant in North America sought a reliable flow measurement for one of their key wastewater lines. The existing dual-channel ultrasonic flowmeter from a competitor had consistently failed to provide accurate readings.