The R.E. Badger Filtration Plant turned to AMS’s online trihalomethane (THM) analyzer, THM-100™, to obtain continuous and real-time data to characterize THMs in the distribution system and allow it to have an early indication of potential THM formation problems before they become a compliance issue.

California American Water turned to AMS’s MetalGuard™ fully-automated, online multi-stream Cr(VI) analyzer to have higher visibility of Cr(VI) contaminant levels in real-time and allow them to better monitor and address critical steps in their remediation process. 

As regulatory requirements and the availability of more accurate diagnostic technologies continue to push the legal threshold limit of contaminants, utilities are turning to high-frequency data to identify contaminant threats and diagnose critical treatment system performance. Learn how El Paso Water’s Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant met regulatory requirements with the help of AMS’s MetalGuard™ automated, online arsenic analyzer.

The semiconductor industry has found that traditional analytical methods for complexed copper in wastewater are not fit for purpose since complexed copper cannot be accurately measured using ion-selective electrodes and colorimetry technology, while accurate, has significant challenges. Given these challenges, Samsung Austin Semiconductor (SAS) evaluated the MetalGuard™ analyzer’s performance and ability to significantly improve the safety and quality of measurements for copper wastewater streams.

The Town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, tested an aeration system for additional THM removal. The Tewksbury WTP measured real-time influent and effluent THM values using the online THM-100™ analyzer. Prior to using the online THM monitor, plant operators waited to receive analytical results from external analysis, often conservatively operating the facility since real-time THM values were not known. The real-time data provided by the online monitor made THM formation within the WTP and distribution system easy to identify.

The Brunswick & Topsham Water District (BTWD) in Maine was receiving high THM results despite implementation of best practices. The use of the THM-100™ online THM analyzer has proven a valuable tool enabling BTWD to optimize operations, better understand treatment processes, resolve THM compliance concerns and validate laboratory performance and results.

Scottish Water has relied on the reliability and accuracy of the online THM-100™ monitor to monitor real-time THM levels at several of its facilities. The online THM monitors have allowed Scottish Water to consistently monitor, maintain, optimize, and respond to any THM concerns promptly.

The City of Santa Cruz Water Department (SCWD) has adopted the online THM-100™ THM analyzer for DBP management. Real-time and reliable data on THM and THM Formation Potential levels within the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant and distribution network have been provided to the SCWD by the online analyzer. The THM-100 online analyzer has aided the SCWD in daily operations and management of feasibility studies to reduce distribution system THM levels.

The Shades Mountain Filter Plant operated by the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) has benefited from the real-time high-frequency data on daily trihalomethane (THM) values provided by the online THM analyzer, THM-100™. The online THM analyzer has proven valuable to THM mitigation strategy and optimization.

The Central Texas Water Supply Corporation has incorporated an online trihalomethane (THM) analyzer, THM-100™, at their WTP to help manage DBP formation. The THM-100 is a viable tool, among others, that enables plant operators to have a firm and immediate understanding of water quality leaving their plant and throughout their distribution network.