Drinking Water Treatment Resources
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Safe Water For All: New Advancements In Monitoring Technology
1/10/2024
As water management issues proliferate due to scarcity, contamination, and stricter regulations, monitoring solutions are rising to meet the challenge.
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Complying With The EPA's First Limits On Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' For Public Drinking Water
1/3/2024
Monitoring and reporting software helps utilities meet compliance requirements.
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5 Concerning Contaminants Found In Your Drinking Water
1/3/2024
Contaminants can enter water in a variety of ways. In this article, read about the measures that can be taken to reduce exposure and contamination.
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Tackling The Water Crisis
1/3/2024
It's a sobering fact that global freshwater demand could outstrip supply by more than 50% by 2030. Despite this, more than 158 million cubic feet of water are still lost around the world each day through leakage. To put that in context, that's the same as losing 12,000 Olympic-size swimming pools of drinking water each day.
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Central California Winery Removes 1,2,3-TCP From Well Water Using Granular Activated Carbon
12/21/2023
North of Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley of California, a winery detected elevated levels of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (1,2,3-TCP) in the water coming from its two main wells. A chlorinated hydrocarbon, 1,2,3- TCP is a chemical associated with old pesticide practices (particularly soil fumigants) and is a suspected human carcinogen.
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AqueoUS Vets® Custom GAC Systems Offer Comprehensive Solution For PFAS And VOC Compound Removal For Golden State Water Company
12/21/2023
Serving California for more than 90 years, Golden State Water Company (GSWC) provides water service to more than 1 million customers in over 80 communities, including the City of Norwalk.
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Aqueous Vets® Quick Response Keeps Critical Stoneridge Well In Service In Northern California
12/21/2023
Zone 7 Water Agency is a water wholesaler in Northern California that serves more than a quarter million residents. Blending water from both surface and groundwater sources has enabled Zone 7 to address many emerging contaminant concerns over the past several years.
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Cottage Grove Municipal Treatment System Removes PFAS Compounds From Well Water Using Granular Activated Carbon
12/21/2023
Located in the Twin Cities metro area, the city of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, needed to increase the capacity of its drinking water system. To meet demands for compliant water two additional wells were equipped with treatment systems designed to reduce PFAS. The city contracted consulting firm Stantec to provide engineering services for the design, during procurement, construction of the facilities and site infrastructure for the dual media granulated activated carbon (GAC) and/or Ion Exchange (IX) equipment systems.
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Salt Lake City Public Utilities ‐ Award Winning Big Cottonwood WTP, Experiences Microclor® On‐Site Hypochlorite System Reliability And Safety For Over Six Years
12/21/2023
Located at the mouth of the Big Cottonwood Canyon, the Big Cottonwood WTP is one of three water treatment facilities providing treated water to Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah. The utility distributes water through about 1,300 miles of transmission and distribution pipe to over 90,500 connections.
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Specifying Performance Over Equipment Quickly Reduces THMs In The Colorado Springs’ Distribution System
12/21/2023
Colorado Springs, Colorado, enjoys some of the highest quality drinking water in the country, with most of its water coming from high country snowmelt. Despite its pristine origin in the mountains, the water at the far end of the distribution system is prone to developing trihalomethanes (THMs) due to low turnover and high water age.