Source water is susceptible to contaminants from both natural and human activities, as well as seasonal and weather-related changes. By monitoring incoming water, you can adapt your treatment processes to address issues like storms, algal blooms, industrial discharges, chemical spills, reservoir stratification, construction runoff, sewage spills, and other unexpected events.
Optimize your budget and reduce operational costs—including energy, chemical usage, and sludge management—through effective monitoring of organic and inorganic substances. Ensure accurate dosing of coagulants and pH adjustments by tracking critical parameters such as Total Organic Carbon (TOC), pH, conductivity, Redox/ORP, and bacterial levels. This proactive approach allows you to respond swiftly and efficiently to potential challenges.
Safeguard your filters and prevent expensive errors by closely tracking filter performance in municipal water treatment systems. Effectively manage water usage for backwashing while maintaining high-quality water prior to disinfection. Reliable turbidimeters installed at each filter’s outlet provide accuracy and peace of mind. Key filter parameters to monitor include turbidity, suspended solids, alkalinity, and particle counts.
Monitoring turbidity is not only essential for regulatory compliance but also critical for ensuring the water is safe for public consumption. Beyond compliance, turbidity monitoring supports optimized filter performance, aids in setting effective backwash cycles, and helps detect filter breakthrough early, enhancing overall system efficiency.
Optimize resource usage by accurately assessing your disinfection requirements. Disinfection is a delicate balance influenced by numerous factors. High levels of organics in the water can lead to harmful by-products, while insufficient disinfectant can result in microbiological contamination. Tailored analytical tools and instruments are available to meet the unique needs of different plants and disinfection methods, such as chlorination, chloramination, and UV treatment.
No matter which disinfectant you use, precise testing ensures compliance with regulations, maximizes disinfection performance, determines proper CT credits, fine-tunes chemical dosing rates, minimizes disinfection by-products, and addresses taste and odor concerns.
Monitoring treated water within the distribution network is crucial for detecting potential issues that could impact public health or violate regulatory standards. Once water leaves the treatment plant, it may interact with components in the system that alter its quality before it reaches consumers. This makes it challenging to guarantee consistent quality and highlights the importance of conducting field tests on distributed water.
Comprehensive monitoring in the distribution system ensures safe drinking water delivery to the community. It also helps identify early signs of problems such as nitrification, changes in pH, alkalinity, hardness, conductivity, water infiltration, pipe breaks, extended water age, or potential security breaches.
