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Secondary Containment Equipment for Chlorine GasProvides Extra Margin of Safety for WTP’s Neighborhood

The chief operator for the City of Morgan, LA water treatment plant (WTP), which has safely used chlorine gas for disinfection for over 30 years, reports an added boost to public safety through the installation of special secondar y containment equipment, while easing regulator y compliance efforts through their risk management plan ...

Jul. 1, 2018

By ChlorTainer, Inc

Field trial of an automated batch chlorinator system at shared water points in an urban community of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Point-of-use water treatment with chlorine is underutilized in low-income households. The Zimba, an automated batch chlorinator, requires no electricity or moving parts, and can be installed at shared water points with intermittent flow. We conducted a small-scale trial to assess the acceptability and quality of Zimba-treated municipal water. Fieldworkers collected stored drinking water over ...

Feb. 6, 2016

By IWA Publishing

4 reasons chlorine dioxide should be your preferred sanitiser

To the lay-person, a commercial kitchen is just a floor and some equipment that needs a good clean regularly. They don’t understand the dangers of bacterial contamination and how easy it is for food to be affected. Most commercial kitchens will use bleach, or a similar sanitiser, to keep their space safe. Today, we will share with you the top five reasons you should be using chlorine ...

Jul. 4, 2017

By NW Solutions

Why you should be wary of using chlorine to treat drinking water

Clean drinking water is something we often take for granted. At the turn of a tap, we have access to chlorinated water for every day use. However, for people who don’t want or can’t access scheme water, there is often a question of how to treat other water sources to make them safe. Chlorine is the most common water treatment agent. It is used by the Department of Health in Western ...

Apr. 28, 2017

By NW Solutions

The Wonders of Ammonia & Chlorine

The two most common chemicals found in your home, office and commercial facilities in one form or another are Ammonia (NH3) and Chlorine (Cl2). They are also two of the oldest and most widely produced chemicals in commercial use around the world. Ammonia, a refrigerant by “nature” Refrigeration by mechanical means goes back to the 1800s and ammonia was among the earliest chemicals to ...

Aug. 17, 2010

By Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI)

Chlorine Theory & Measurement

Chlorine, dissolved in liquid is one of the most effective and economical semi-killers for the treatment of water to make it potable or safe to drink. Chlorine's powerful disinfectant qualities come from its ability to bond with and destroy the outer surfaces of bacteria and viruses. Drinking water chlorination is one of the most widely used methods to safeguard chinking water supplies. In ...

Jan. 1, 2005

By IC Controls Ltd.

Chlorine Safety and Prevention: How to Protect Yourself from Chlorine Leaks

While chlorine gas is widely used in swimming pools, water treatment facilities, cleaning products, pharmaceutical products, and in many other industries, the gas is highly toxic when handled improperly. Training your workers on how to safely use chlorine is one part of health and safety best practices; monitoring your workplace for chlorine leaks is another. Learn about the hidden dangers in ...

May 3, 2016

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

Chlorine gas protection - Case Study

Application As part of a scheme to bring safe drinking water to 1.5 million people in Omdurman City, part of Greater Khartoum, Biwater International was appointed by the Government of Sudan to undertake a major turnkey design and construction project. Chlorine is the conventional means of water disinfection, so Biwater brought in ERG to design and manufacture the emergency gas scrubbing package ...

Feb. 15, 2012

By ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd

Filtration & Chlorination Systems: Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries

Five household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) options – chlorination, solar disinfection, ceramic filtration, sand filtration, and flocculation/disinfection – are proven to improve microbiological quality and prevent diarrheal disease in developing countries. Other options – such as filtration & ...

Apr. 6, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Sustained effectiveness of automatic chlorinators installed in community-scale water distribution systems during an emergency recovery project in Haiti

In 2012 and 2013, as part of relief-to-recovery programming, Child Relief International partnered with Haiti Philanthropy to install automatic tablet-based chlorinators in 79 gravity-fed water distribution systems in Southeast Department, Haiti. We carried out a mixed methods evaluation to assess sustained effectiveness of chlorinators approximately two years after installation, including 18 ...

Sep. 22, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Peracetic Acid – is it an Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Chlorine?

ABSTRACT Concerns with chlorine disinfection have led to investigation of alternative disinfectants for use in the environmental arena. Are there environmentally safe alternatives to chlorine? Is peracetic acid one among these? Peracetic acid is one among several chemicals that have been touted as a replacement in recent years. Peracetic acid is very effective in killing bacteria, viruses, ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Providing clean water to impoverished homes

With high mortality rates from inadequate water sanitation in developing countries, the promise of inexpensive and effective water purification methods holds end¬less opportunities to improve public health and living standards. For more than a billion people forced to use con¬taminated water, diseases such as chol¬era, typhoid, chronic dysentery and rotavirus diarrhea are constant ...

Mar. 1, 2003

By DelAgua Group

Your Tap Water is More Toxic than you Think

At a Glance A new study proves that while adding chlorine to water has kept water clearer of diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever, it can leave behind toxic byproducts. These byproducts may have the potential to harm an individual’s long term health. At this point we don't even know all the byproducts left in the water from the current treatment methods. Your tap water might ...

Feb. 7, 2020

By Atmospheric Water Solutions, Inc (AWS)

Chlorine levels in pools

In response to a SportExcel CPD seminar in April 2004 on pool water disinfection ISRM is reissuing this updated guidance. Also, recent press reports have highlighted the theoretical risks of high chlorine levels in swimming pools in relation to both pregnant women and levels of childhood asthma. This further reinforces the need for operators to provide the highest pool water standards possible. ...

Apr. 1, 2004

By Hanovia Ltd - a Halma Company

Chlorine Dioxide – dispelling the myths

The internet is an incredibly useful research tool. It allows us to source and share information instantaneously. Unfortunately, this means that myths and misconceptions can spread very quickly and obscure the truth. In this post, we aim to tackle some of the myths that surround chlorine dioxide, and how this differs from our chlorine dioxide based product CleanOxide. Myth 1: Pure chlorine ...

May 22, 2017

By NW Solutions

Case study - Client: City of Chicago, Parks Division

Project: Rooftop rainwater to flush toilets. Comfort stations at 40th Street and Osterman Beach. Challenge: The Parks Division of the City of Chicago wanted to its two new comfort stations along the Lake Michigan Lake Shore Drive to be environmentally responsible and serve as demonstration projects for the the city's efforts toward sustainable design. Solution: Architects Muller & Muller ...

Sep. 9, 2011

By Wahaso - Water Harvesting Solutions

Risk-Based Closure Considerations For Monitored Natural Attenuation

ABSTRACT Recent advances in both the chemistry- and hydrogeology-based aspects of monitored natural attenuation (MNA) and in toxicology research have changed some of the traditional approaches to MNA for petroleum and chlorinated groundwater plume management. For MNA to be approved as a remedial approach, human health and the environment must still be protected. To demonstrate protection, ...

Jan. 1, 2000

By Weston Solutions, Inc

Hidden Toxins In Your Air Freshener; Alternative Solution

Household and workplace air sanitation has always been considered a key factor in productivity and happiness levels. Unpleasant smells from sinks, carpet stains, bins and Aircon filters have always stood in the way of the ideal clean-smelling home, office or even cars. Commercial advertisements advocate for a band-aid solution to the nasty smells using air fresheners in the form of sprays, ...

Jan. 21, 2020

By NW Solutions

Gas Detectors Can Ensure Chlorine Safety in Swimming Pools

In April 2019, six people became sick after being exposed to chlorine gas at a hotel pool in India, because one of the chlorine gas cylinders, which had been stored improperly, began to leak, exposing swimmers to chlorine gas. In June 2019, some 50 pool patrons became ill after a pump malfunction leaked chlorine gas at an indoor pool in Utah. These are not isolated events. According to the ...

Jul. 31, 2019

By PureAire Monitoring Systems, Inc

Crossville, TN, municipal drinking water

The Situation: The City of Crossville, Tennessee, needed to address increasingly strict regulations on the use of gas chlorine to disinfect their community’s water. The Solution: By switching from gas chlorine to MIOX mixed oxidants, the City has reduced operational costs, improved residual durability, reduced byproduct formation, produced longer filter runs and eliminated the safety and ...

Jan. 30, 2012

By MIOX Corporation - Johnson Matthey`s Water Technologies