CONTAMINANT REMOVAL RESOURCES

• Municipal Water Treatment: A Look At The Advantages Of Performance Testing For Powdered Activated Carbon

  Evaluating Powdered Activated Carbon through site-specific performance testing allows water utilities to optimize chemical dosing based on real-world efficacy rather than upfront price, preventing costly operational strains and ensuring reliable contaminant removal.

• How The City Of Fallon Improved Sodium Hydroxide Dosing Reliability

  Learn how transitioning to peristaltic metering technology solved chronic priming and maintenance issues during arsenic removal. This overview highlights how specialized pump designs improve chemical dosing reliability, enhance operator safety, and maximize facility space.

• Designing Resilient PFAS Treatment Strategies For Water Agencies

  Water agencies across the U.S. are facing a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that poses a conundrum: Should they take a cautious or aggressive approach to treating PFAS contamination in their water system?
• Building Climate-Resilient Surface Water Treatment Plants

  What does it actually cost to build climate resilience into a water treatment plant? The answer depends on the right analytical framework.

• How Regulatory Pressure Is Driving Innovation In Surface Water Facilities

  What does it take to stay ahead of tightening drinking water standards? See how utilities are turning regulatory pressure into smarter infrastructure investment.

• Designing For Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) In Surface Water Treatment Plants

  The Toledo water crisis exposed treatment gaps, highlighting harmful algal blooms as a core design challenge requiring flexible, multi-barrier systems and scenario-based planning.

• The Future Of Surface Water Treatment In Critical Infrastructure: Why Digital Planning Is No Longer Optional

  Surface water supplies most urban drinking water, but rising variability and contamination are straining ageing infrastructure—making digital planning tools essential for resilient, future-ready treatment systems.

• Your Chlorine Sensor Is Lying to You — Here's 65 Days Of Proof

  The operators at Compton Durville Water Treatment Works thought their chlorine dosing was under control. Their membrane sensor showed residuals right at setpoint. The PID loop was doing its job. On paper, everything looked fine. It wasn't.

• EPA's Proposed Perchlorate Regulation: What It Means For Treatment Engineers And Oxidation Strategies

  EPA’s proposed perchlorate regulation challenges utilities to integrate advanced oxidation and separation technologies, enabling reliable removal, regulatory compliance, and flexible treatment for emerging contaminants.

• Setting Global Standards: Inside North America's Only Full-Scale UV Disinfection Validation Facility

  Portland's industry-leading facility reaches 100 reactor validations in 23 years.