Safer than Tap?
Bottled Water Market
September 2006
By Zoe A. Grosser & Lee Davidowski
Analyzing bottled water for inorganic contaminants
Whole House Filtration
Water Quality Products
April 2004
Sophie Waghorn
Whole house filtration systems are the end of the line in defense against contaminated water. They are becoming more popular as a non-visible way (compared with end of faucet filters) to ensure safety at point of entry in the house.
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Chromium: Getting the Facts Straight
Water Quality Products
April 2004
By Wendi Hope Bishop, WQP Staff
Chromium is most toxic in the man-made form produced in the manufacturing of paint pigments, metal coatings, cement, rubber, glass and other materials.
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Iron in the Water Supply
Water Quality Products
September 2003
Nancy Lucas, Cargill Salt
Iron in the residential water supply can cause its fair share of problems. But what can you say to customers who have these issues and, more importantly, what can you do to help them? Fortunately there are several treatment options available. Use of a water softener, aeration, filtration, ozonation, sequestering and chlorination are some of the more common techniques. The most popular methods all involve the use of a water softener.
Ultrafiltration Plant Provides Potable Water
Water Quality Products
December 2001
Contributed By PCI-Water
West of Scotland Water (WoSW) awarded a contract, under competitive tender, for its first ultrafiltration plant to PCI-Water. This is the first installation in the United Kingdom using a hydranautics-based UltraBar system.
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Coping with Resistance to Copper/Silver Disinfection
Water Engineering & Management
November 2001
By W. Craig Meyer
Numerous facilities have invested in copper/silver disinfection systems to address the limits of traditional water treatment methods. It seems likely that, as bacterial populations develop resistance, many of these systems will become less effective through time.
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Metals Removal with Ion Exchange Resins
Water Quality Products
October 1996
Carl Galletti
Many impurities in water and other liquids exist as dissolved ionic species that can be removed by ion exchange processes
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