Industrial Water Media
Problem
A pulp mill in Eastern Canada faced quality issues due to inadequate filtration capacity in its gravity/sand filters. In the spring, snowmelt run-off causes the inlet water quality to drastically decline at the plant’s system intake.
Given the increased contaminant loading, the
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Problem
When a production plant for a large automotive manufacturer in Michigan suddenly lost its ability to produce ultra-pure water, MPW quickly provided the solution.
One of two pumps in the plant’s permanent Reverse Osmosis (RO) system failed. Without ultrapure water,
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Increased regulations from governing bodies now require extra attention from power plants when managing the coal ash disposal process. A recent ruling by the EPA provided a comprehensive set of requirements for the safe disposal of coal ash and was enacted to clean up faulty surface
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The use of automated monitoring tools in industrial plant management has become one of the most important innovations for companies over the past decade — especially in the water and wastewater industries.
The latest advances in technology yield several benefits, including increased plant safety and system efficiency.
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Making this job challenging, however, was the fact that color units for the surface feedwater ranged from 180 to 420 units, well in excess of the treated water requirement of 5 or fewer units.
Trees, leaves and other organic matter continually decay in the surface water that
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When commissioning a new power plant, requirements for purified water can be large—often more than an unfinished plant can supply. When it’s time to bring in outside help, proper planning can help avoid problems and keep budgets under control.
With all the complexity inherent in the commissioning
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Ash ponds have been as much a part of the landscape at coal-fired power plants as stock- piles of coal and the conveyors that carry the fuel source to furnaces. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations that went into effect late last year, however, have power plant operators scrambling
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