An aeration system has been installed in San Jose Water Company’s 12 million-gallon water storage tank to keep dwindling water supplies free of contaminants and possible carcinogens. As organic matter in water sources, like drying rivers and lakes, is becoming more concentrated, according to the water company, there has been a growing concern about levels of trihalomethanes, or THMs.

Richmond-based PAX Water Technologies and Sunnyvale-based Aqua Metrology Systems today unveiled the installation of an innovative in-tank aeration system at San Jose Water Company. The system, installed by Utility Service Group, is being deployed in a 12 million-gallon water storage tank to maintain high water quality during the drought.

The buying and selling of treated water is common practice in the United States. Consecutive systems (CS) — public water systems that buy or receive some or all of their finished water from one or more wholesale systems (WS) — are responsible for serving nearly one-third of the water customers in the U.S… read the rest of the article by Rick Bacon the CEO of AMS.

The Northern Kentucky Water District has purchased the online THM-100™ THM analyzer from Aqua Metrology Systems to monitor daily THM levels in their distribution network and further enable optimization of treatment processes used to minimize the formation of THMs in treated water.

Monitoring real-time THM levels across multiple sampling points within a drinking water system using a single instrument is now possible with the THM-100GS™ analyzer from Aqua Metrology Systems. The THM-100GS is a new version of the standard online THM-100 system. The new analyzer enables a utility to carry out automated analysis of manually collected “grab samples” across their network.

As long as instrumentation is selected, installed, commissioned, and maintained properly the data that it can give is invaluable to the water industry. However, there are a number of barriers in the way… read the rest of the article and a response from Rick Bacon the CEO of AMS.

The largest water system in Alabama, has purchased an online THM-100™ THM analyzer from Aqua Metrology Systems to monitor daily THM levels at their Shades Mountain Filter Plant.

A THM-100 analyzer was installed to monitor the THM levels of the incoming water from the Middlesex Water Co. as well as the THM levels of the water leaving the tank.

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