Cleaning Procedures for Ion Exchange Resins
Like cleaning RO membranes, the cleaning or sanitizing solution should address the contaminant. A suitable resin analysis by a qualified … Continue reading →
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Reclaim, Recover & Reuse Byproducts from your Water Purification Process
With the rising costs of city water and sewer, users of pure water are looking to get the most “bang … Continue reading →
Tank Internals Demystified
Well, it’s a mystery, and it isn’t. When we get into rebed projects and open up the tank, we find … Continue reading →
Common Membrane Cleaning Mistakes
If you’ve ever cleaned your RO membranes and the performance did not recover, odds are that you overlooked one or … Continue reading →
How The Summer Heat Affects Water Treatment Systems
We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating! Summer has arrived – time for fun in the sun, and re-tuning … Continue reading →
Chlorine vs. Chloramines
More and more frequently, municipalities are converting to chloramines for disinfection rather than free chlorine, at least during the summer … Continue reading →
Clarification for Reverse Osmosis Pretreatment
If you’re operating a reverse osmosis system on a surface water supply, you already know that colloidal and silt fouling … Continue reading →
Membrane Autopsies the Ultimate Troubleshooting Tool
OK, you’ve tried cleaning with everything you can think of and your membranes still aren’t recovering. You’ve taken the system … Continue reading →
Controlling Bacteria in Water Treatment Systems
They’re inevitable – death, taxes, and bacteria! If you operate a water system, they’re going to show up sooner or … Continue reading →
Cleaning Techniques for Electrodeionization Modules
OK, you now have the latest technology – electrodeionization (EDI), and your normalized operating data indicates that it needs to … Continue reading →
Enhancing the Performance of Multimedia Filters
There are a number of granular filter configurations, including pressure systems, gravity systems, vertical and horizontal vessels, single, dual and … Continue reading →
Unlocking Significant ROI with a Brine Reclamation Upgrade
We’ve had a lot of inquiries lately about brine reclaim systems for water softening applications! In some parts of the … Continue reading →
Reverse Osmosis Membrane Cleaning Tips
For those of you who attended our training seminars, “Good to the Last Drop: The User’s Guide to Reverse Osmosis … Continue reading →
Predicting Membrane Fouling Rates
Short of having a crystal ball, what’s the best way of predicting how fast your reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, or UF … Continue reading →
Data Acquisition the Key to High Performing Water Treatment
We can’t count the number of times it’s happened – we get a call from a customer whose system is … Continue reading →
Ultraviolet Water Treatment – Disinfection, TOC Reduction, Ozone Destruction and Dechlorination
While many of us are familiar with the use of ultraviolet light for disinfection of high purity water streams, this … Continue reading →
Advantages of Ultrafiltration as a Pretreatment to Reverse Osmosis
Ultrafiltration (UF) is becoming more popular for pretreatment to reverse osmosis systems for its ability to remove fine particulates and … Continue reading →