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UV Ballast Water Treatment Close to US Approval

Shipowners have found it increasingly difficult to comply with ballast water treatment regulations in the US. But there’s good news on the horizon thanks to DESMI’s newest UV-based solution Ultraviolet radiation (UV), which counters microorganisms by rendering them unable to reproduce, is the preferred method for today’s ballast water treatment systems. This robust and reliable ...

Jun. 3, 2015

By DESMI A/S

On Site Bioremediation Of Oily Ballast Waters Of Ships and Tankers

A poster presentation was made at the International Ballast Water symposium held in London, UK Paper discusses application of bioremediation products for ship board remediation of oily ballast water on ships and tankers and presents some case studies on bioremediation of industrial oily waste. Abstract Discharge of oily wasie ballast waier is a perpetual problem for most types of ...

Aug. 12, 2013

By Sarva Bio Remed, LLC

Effectiveness and Kinetics of Ferrate as a Disinfectant for Ballast Water

The objective of the study was to determine whether ferrate could meet the international standards for successful ballast water treatment, including final concentrations of less than 1 CFU/ml of Enterococci, less than 2.5 CFUs/ml of Escherichia coli, and less than 1 CFU/100 mls of Vibrio cholerae. Pure cultures of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and V. cholerae, and a mixed culture of ...

Dec. 4, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Loch Turret water treatment works

Actiflo® high rate sand ballasted clarification & multiflo lamella sludge thickening plant The Loch Turret upgrade was the largest drinking water project for Scottish Water in the latest investment period. The scheme was taken over in 2010 and is delivers approx 85 million litres of drinking water per day The Client Scottish Water is the UK's fourth largest ...

Jan. 16, 2012

Emerging Trends In UV Disinfection For Water Treatment

Introduction The UV disinfection industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last 20 years. The development of new UV technologies over this period has been a perfect example of an industry investing to meet market demand – in this case demand for an effective, low cost, and environmentally friendly disinfection technology. The acceptance of UV disinfection at water plants ...

Feb. 8, 2007

By Hanovia Ltd - a Halma Company

Fresh Ideas for Fresh Water: Okeechobee Utility Authority`s Surface Water Treatment PLant Uses Innovative Technology to Achieve High Quality Drinking Water from Lake Okeechobee

ABSTRACTThe goal of this project was to expand Okeechobee Utility Authority’s (OUA) Surface Water Treatment Plant while meeting the challenges of limited space, raw water quality, available capital, and new EPA regulations. The preliminary engineering, consisting of site visits, pilot studies, and research, resulted in an innovative design for surface water treatment. This design combines several ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Side By Side By Side: The Evaluation of Three High Rate Process Technologies for Wet Weather Treatment

ABSTRACTMost large combined sewer communities face significant financial investment to address wet weather compliance issues. Innovative, cost-effective methods of dealing with wet weather flows is a must to prevent spiraling rate increases for rate payers. High rate clarification and high rate filtration systems are becoming the technology of choice for treating wet weather flows. The City of ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

2015 North American Water Treatment New Product Innovation Award

Background and Company Performance Industry Challenges Tertiary and advanced wastewater treatment (WWT) is one of three stages in the cleaning of wastewater generated by the municipal and industrial sectors. Building on and improving upon the results of treatment through initial primary and secondary WWT stages alone, tertiary treatment is performed prior to waste ...

Dec. 8, 2015

By Frost & Sullivan

BioLargo’s “Lowest Cost - Highest Impact” Clean Water Technology Positioned To Save Maritime Operators Billions

Beginning this year and continuing over the next 5 years, the International MaritimeOrganization and the U.S. Coast Guard are requiring an estimated 65,000 ships over 400 gross tons to be fitted with approved Ballast Water Treatment Systems, “BWTS”. ...

Sep. 9, 2015

By Biolargo, Inc.

New treatment plant to feature ceramic membranes

The Parker Water and Sanitation District (PWSD) in Colorado has contracted for a membrane treatment system for its Rueter-Hess water treatment plant project. The new plant will treat water from the Rueter-Hess Reservoir (RHR), which is being built three miles southwest of downtown Parker on Newlin Gulch, which is a tributary drainage of Cherry Creek. The reservoir and associated treatment plan ...

Jun. 15, 2009

By PennWell Corporation

Effective Removal of Zebra Mussels with Amiad Screen Technology

Introduction The zebra mussel, native to the Black and Caspian Seas, has spread in the past few decades to waterways throughout the world mostly via ballast water. Zebra mussels, when non-indigenous to the environment, pose a serious threat to intakes of facilities that rely on fresh and brackish surface water. The mussel colonies obstruct the flow of water through the pipelines eventually ...

Apr. 1, 2001

By Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd.

Negotiating Higher NPDES Permit Limits Strategies for Optimizing Technology and Water Quality-based Effluent Limit Calculations for Petroleum Refining

Untitled Document Introduction The Clean Water Act is generally considered to be one of the most successful ...

Sep. 2, 2004

By Weston Solutions, Inc

UV, a bright future for the water industry

The use of Ultra Violet (UV) light has now become standard practice in most municipal waste water treatment processes. Effluent is now starting to be recognised as a valuable resource, not a problem that needs to be dumped. Many waste water facilities are being renamed as water reclamation facilities, and whether the waste water is being discharged into a river, being used to irrigate ...

Jun. 1, 2010

By atg UV Technology

Ten top growth markets in air, water and energy

For suppliers of products and services for the air, water, and energy industries there are some substantial double-digit growth opportunities. Ten of these have been identified as the most promising by the McIlvaine Company These are ranked based on potential market size. #1 Shale Gas There is a very large continuing investment in extraction of gas from shale in the U.S. The ...

May 30, 2012

By The McIlvaine Company

Flexible data management helps in regulatory compliance, by Colin Thurston, director of product strategy, process industries, thermo fisher scientific

In the US state of Florida, the public regional wholesale water provider Tampa Bay Water and Veolia Water North America completed a 454,000 cubic meters (120 million gallons per day) water treatment plant that exceeds federal and state drinking water quality standards. The design, build, and operate (DBO) approach helped to save US$80 million and kept the project on schedule.The Tampa Bay Water ...

May 3, 2012

By Thermo Fisher Scientific, LIMS & Laboratory Software

Hodder WTW - Actiflo for Cryptosporidium removal

United Utilities 83-week Programme 112,000 m3/day Max Flow The Client United Utilities are the 2nd largest water company in England / Wales. They are responsible for an area in the north west of the UK, which includes major cities such as Manchester and Liverpool. The Client's Needs ...

Jan. 16, 2012

Sutton Hall WTW - Actiflo for Crytpo and Mn removal

United Utilities Maximum flow 127 000 m3/day The Client United Utilities are the 2nd largest water company in England and Wales, responsible for an area in the north west of the UK including major cities such as Manchester and Liverpool. The Client's Needs Sutton Hall is one of the largest treatment works ...

Jan. 16, 2012

Jersey specifies Trojan - again

Jersey Island, British Isles, is a popular tourist destination for Europeans. It’s the largest of a series of small, independent islands in the English Channel near the coast of Normandy. In 1992, Trojan’s U.K.subsidiary, Sunwater Limited, provided a state-of-the-art water disinfection system to upgrade Jersey’s then thirty-three year old main sewage treatment plant at Bellozanne, near St ...

Sep. 8, 2006

By Trojan Technologies - a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation

Tipping Back an “Interesting” Pint

How about a nice tall glass of ice-cold beer… made from recycled sewage water? Did you hesitate? Well, now let’s think about it: most breweries use some combination of hops, malted barley, yeast, and…. well… clean water! But beer from recycled wastewater? That’s exactly what took place March 19-10 at the 2017 WateReuse California Annual Conference in San Diego. ...

May 19, 2017

By Sterlitech Corporation

UV set to dominate the municipal industry

The use of Ultra Violet (UV) light has now become standard practice in most municipal waste water treatment processes. Effluent is now starting to be recognised as a valuable resource, not a problem that needs to be dumped. Many waste water facilities are being renamed as water reclamation facilities, and whether the waste water is being discharged into a river, being used to irrigate ...

Feb. 1, 2010

By atg UV Technology

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