AMS entered its first contract to provide a California community with its SafeGuard™ H2O advanced treatment system, designed to eliminate carcinogenic, hexavalent chromium (Cr6), from drinking water supplies. Valued at over 1 million USD, this contract represents the first full-scale commercial installation of this innovative in-situ reagent generation technology. Before the introduction of SafeGuard H2O, Californian communities and the States’ important agricultural industries struggled with prohibitively expensive and unsustainable technologies for Cr6 removal from their water supplies. SafeGuard H2O ensures affordable and sustainable compliance; the lifetime cost of the system is 40% lower than that of competing technologies and generates significantly fewer greenhouse gases, ultimately reducing the cost of making water safe.

TRUMPF, a manufacturer of laser diodes made from Gallium Arsenide substrates (GaAs) wafers, needed a practical, cost-effective wafer-thinning wastewater treatment process that would also allow them to meet local regulatory discharge requirements. To better understand the effects of the different treatment stages on arsenic within the wastewater management system, TRUMPF installed the MetalGuard™ Arsenic online arsenic analyzer to measure influent and effluent arsenic levels in real time. The MetalGuard analyzer provided TRUMPF with accurate and reliable results to measure the performance of its IEX system and ensure regulatory compliance. The wastewater treatment approach that TRUMPF introduced resulted in several process improvements, providing an estimated annual cost savings of more than $150K with an ROI of less than one year.

In this engaging interview from WEFTEC 2024, Rick Bacon, CEO of AMS, joins Paul Gagliardo, Innovation Director of The Water Entrepreneur Podcast, to discuss the pressing challenges of treating difficult-to-remove contaminants, with a particular focus on PFAS. Throughout their conversation, Rick shares his insights on the prevalence of PFAS discussions at the conference and highlights the complexities faced by consumers when choosing between various treatment technologies—whether extraction, absorption, or destruction. He emphasizes the need for comprehensive, end-to-end solutions that not only capture but also destroy contaminants to prevent them from re-entering the environment.

As an industry governed by regulatory standards to deliver safe water and protect environmental health, the challenge is to do so cost-effectively with minimum greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While new treatment facilities can be built, a greater focus should be placed on making the legacy of inefficient and non-climate-friendly treatment plants more sustainable and aligned with the goals of Water 2050. Online water quality analyzers will be instrumental in helping existing water treatment facilities meet these goals because of the benefits they offer. Real-time water monitoring helps optimize the treatment process, resulting in less energy and chemical use, and therefore, less GHG emissions.

An insightful dialogue with AMS CEO Rick Bacon and BIOBOX Water COO Joaquín Murría Martín at WEFTEC 2024 where the two met to discuss the BIOBOX® Nitrate Removal technology. Following a successful seven-month pilot in Gilbert, Arizona, BIOBOX is now preparing for future demonstrations in the U.S., with potential collaborations at Cleveland Water Alliance and The Water Tower. With promising results and growing interest, AMS and BIOBOX look forward to continuing their efforts to bring this sustainable denitrification solution to the U.S. market in 2025.

BIOBOX® Nitrate is a cost-effective and sustainable solution to remove nitrates from water. Through a patented technology that biologically transforms nitrates into harmless nitrogen gas, BIOBOX Nitrate eliminates the contaminant without creating toxic waste products. Delivered in either a containerized or full-scale design, this revolutionary biological denitrification technology is a transformative, intelligent and reliable nitrate treatment solution.

In this episode of AMS Talks, industry consultant and special guest host Nadia Abboud sits down with Rocio Flores, Water Quality Engineer for Golden State Water Company. Rocio shares valuable insights into how Golden State Water has been tackling the challenge of managing a groundwater source with selenium concentrations that exceed the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for their Edna Road System. Watch this interview for an insightful look into managing heavy metal exceedances in areas with limited water sources and the value of investing in real-time selenium monitoring to support the treatment process.