by ATS Senior Editor | Feb 2, 2017 | Video
Oxidation Ditches in Winter Randy McIff, a water treatment expert at ATS Innova, discusses some of the issues with oxidation ditches during the winter months. From the Video: Randy McIff: My name is Randy McIff and I’m the director of Water and Wastewater...
by ATS Senior Editor | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
About a hundred years ago, the development of pre-chlorination and disinfection of water led to the end of epidemics of waterborne diseases. People in the U.S. with access to treated water no longer had to worry about deadly typhoid and cholera. But disinfection has...
by ATS Senior Editor | Jan 15, 2017 | Blog
Two treatment plants needed to reduce their total organic carbon (TOC) levels. They were both located in the same city—Birmingham, Alabama—and treated water from the same general area. But their total organic carbon situations were different, so they each required...
by ATS Senior Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | Blog
Are Your Customers Complaining About Water Stains? Abby’s water is staining her sinks, and she’s getting strange spots on her laundered clothes. When she tried to clean the sinks with bleach, the stains got worse. Her problem? Manganese and iron in her water....
by ATS Senior Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | Blog
TriHalomethanes Can Cause a Public Relations Nightmare A water system in the Midwest exceeded the EPA’s total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) limit and had to issue a public notice of the violation. Local news stations picked up the story, and water system managers and...
