Monitoring & Testing Articles
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The Battle Against Algae Is On For Lake and Pond Managers: Choose the Sustainable Solution
As a Lake and Pond Manager, you know that algae makes it hard to maintain clean, safe, and attractive water bodies. Your customers see ugly, smelly slicks, service levels are challenged, and chemical remediation constantly strains your budgets. Chemicals will mitigate algae, but only for a while; algal blooms often bounce back long before it is safe to chemically treat the water again per label ...
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Cloud Platforms Provide Enhanced Security from Cyber Threats
There are more than 150,000 public drinking water systems and 16,000 publicly-owned wastewater treatment systems in the U.S., serving nearly the entire country. Despite the critical nature of these resources, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says cybersecurity in this sector is weak and at ...
By XiO, Inc.
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The Do-Nothing approach to algal blooms
As a concept in engineering and environmental management, in parallel with solution-proposals, consideration is also given to the consequences of inaction and leaving a challenge unmet with solutions. The “do-nothing” approach to managing algal blooms, therefore, involves taking minimal or no action to actively control or mitigate the effects of algal blooms in natural bodies of water ...
By LG Sonic
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Build Vs. Buy - Considerations for Cloud Data Services
Digital transformation in the water industry is accelerating at a remarkable pace. As utilities and engineering firms look for data management solutions, the issue of whether to build your own applications on a cloud data platform or pay for applications developed by others, becomes increasingly relevant. XiO was recently approached by a large Texas-based utility in the process of implementing ...
By XiO, Inc.
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Flow Conditioning Recommendations for O2 and CO2 Analyzers
Our process, research, and academic customers frequently inquire as to our recommendations regarding conditioning a sample flow, before introduction into our process analyzers*. In general, proper conditioning of your sample will preserve the life of the sensors and prevent error in your readings. These are our general recommendations: Flow Rate – Process analyzers generally have a ...
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Do different inert background gases affect how CO2 concentration is measured?
Yes! We have found that our CO2 gas analyzer customers, especially in the process and research fields, prefer to have their analyzer calibrated with the background gas that they’ll be using ahead of time. This is especially true of welding applications. While it’s easy to calibrate the analyzer based on the effect you see in the field, we can do it for you before the analyzer ...
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How Oxygen is Measured in our Analyzers
Quantek’s oxygen analyzers all contain a proprietary electrochemical oxygen sensor. Think of it as a tiny battery, with a tremendously long life time. The sensor itself puts out a very tiny millivolt (mV) signal, which is amplified through our various circuitry, and then converted into the signal on the analyzer’s analog output and LCD. What we like to emphasize is the extended ...
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Going with the flow, or fighting for it?
Across Southern Africa, water is a symbol of life; held sacred by a diverse collection of indigenous peoples and communities who believe in the cleansing and life sustaining power of water. It is the spiritual belief of many of these communities that water is a “gift to future generations.” Along the course of South Africa’s Letaba river this life sustaining spiritual connection ...
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CALPUFF View - New Top 50 Table Viewer
The CALPOST program is a powerful postprocessor used to average and report results based on data in the CALPUFF model output files. Because CALPOST’s operations are external to CALPUFF, modelers can perform many different operations without needing to re-run CALPUFF just to see additional averages or analyze impacts in a different way. Much of the data calculated or produced by CALPOST is ...
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Temperature Profiling: A Key Tool for Monitoring Water Environments
The future of our planet and its inhabitants rests on the health of our water bodies. As climate change and human activity threaten the state of our lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans, temperature profiling provides us with a powerful tool to gain valuable insights and reduce the risks associated with these life-sustaining resources. In this blog, we’ll discuss a few uses of temperature ...
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An All-Out Battle Against Algae is On for Lake and Pond Managers: Choose the Sustainable Solution to Eradicate Algae - Case Study
Anyone responsible for a water body knows the battle. Whether it’s an irrigation pond, a golf hazard, or a communal lake, keeping it clean is a perpetual struggle and ceaseless chore. Unfortunately, failing to actively ensure a healthy water ecosystem too often results in an algal bloom that looks disgusting, has a horrible stench, and could even be toxic, in fact, quite harmful. The ...
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An Ohio City’s solution for treating algae in its drinking water treatment reservoirs - Case Study
An Ohio city used to dump tons of copper sulfate into its drinking water reservoirs to kill blue-green and green algae. Ultrasound ended this practice. Residents of Wilmington, OH, count on the water that flows from their faucets to be safe and crystal clear. But follow those pipes to the city’s two drinking water reservoirs, and the contrast is stark: blooms of harmful blue-green and ...
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Keeping a City’s wastewater treatment lagoon safe from harmful algae - Case Study
Blue-green and green algae were choking a major lagoon in one Ontario city. Ultrasound helped where chemicals could not. Though algae can pose aesthetic concerns and are generally a nuisance, its presence in key water resources can be more than just visually disturbing. Such was the case in the Canadian province of Ontario, where out-of-control blue-green and green algae in a key supply lagoon ...
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How do you control algae or biofilm in your water?
If you use WaterIQ Technologies™ ultrasound solutions to control harmful algae blooms or biofilm in your pond, lake or treatment plant, we want to hear and share your story. WaterIQ Technologies ultrasonic solutions control algae and biofilm to help restore water ecosystems to their natural states. Instead of chemicals, we use proven, scientifically-based, sustainable technology, backed by ...
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Effective algae eradication in America’s southernmost city - Case Study
Ultrasonic technology holds the “keys” for algae elimination at one golf course in a historic Florida town. Visitors flock to the historic island town of Key West, Florida, to catch some rays, walk in author Ernest Hemingway’s steps – and to channel their inner Jack Nicklaus at the city’s crown jewel, the Key West Golf Club. Encompassing more than 200 acres of ...
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How Do You Clean a Sewer Camera?
Sewer cameras should be cleaned regularly to prevent damage, ensure good hygiene, and ensure that it’s ready to go when needed. Clean your sewer camera system after each use to keep it in good condition. Sewer cameras will naturally become dirty due to the environments that they are exposed to. They are affected by dirt and debris of various types, which make the camera look dirty and ...
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Ginger Cove Homeowners Association Implements Ultrasonic Algae Removal - Case Study
Residents impressed as Ginger Cove lake’s quality and clarity look better than it has in 40 years Located in Valley, Nebraska, Ginger Cove is a premier spring-fed, sand-bottom lake home community founded in 1966. Spanning nearly 100 acres of lake and 40 acres of greenspace, Ginger Cove also tout’s Nebraska’s longest genuine covered bridge. The community boasts 160 residential ...
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Case Study: Oil-Water Interface Detection
Background A well site required a reliable, low-maintenance solution to monitor the interface between oil and water in a crude tank. Crude oil is temporarily stored in tanks onsite before being transported to the refinery for processing. Crude oil extracted from the oil wells contains water and other impurities. Efficient onsite separation is essential for maximizing the yield of valuable product ...
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Treating Industrial Wastewater With Dissolved Air Flotation
Learn how DAF works, and why it’s effective at treating industrial wastewater Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is a wastewater treatment process that effectively clarifies water or wastewater by removing suspended solids from liquids. It uses dissolved air to float solid particles to the surface, where they are removed by a skimmer. The liquid being treated can be sewage, liquid sludge, or ...
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Ensuring the Best Results in Heat Treatment with Advanced Gas Measurement
In the intricate dance of metallurgy and manufacturing, heat treatment emerges as a pivotal step that can make or break the quality of a product. While heat plays the lead role, it’s the atmosphere-determined by meticulous gas measurements-that sets the stage. Advanced gas measurement is not a mere backdrop but a star player ensuring that the heat treatment process is accurate, efficient, ...
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