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.

In this episode of AMS Talks, Industry Consultant Nadia Abboud speaks with AMS Senior Product Manager Vladimir Dozortsev, Ph.D., about the evolution of the SafeGuard™ H2O technology into new markets and applications by expanding into the on-site generation of a strong iron-based oxidizing reagent. The reagent can be used to treat a range of contaminants across municipal and industrial applications, including food and beverage, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor. SafeGuard™ H2O provides sustainable, cost-effective and reliable water and wastewater treatment for facilities seeking environmentally friendly solutions that also reduce their reliance on bulk chemicals.

The MetalGuard™ analyzer provides real-time, multi-stream, reliable, and accurate analysis of trace metal contaminants to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. MetalGuard monitors contaminants such as As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Ni, Se, U, V, and Zn with sensitivity down to 1 ppb and measurement times between thirty minutes and less than two hours. The fully automated online analyzer is offered with an annual service contract inclusive of a 10-year warranty.

Intelligent water treatment systems incorporate real-time sensing to ensure that their performance is optimized to avoid under- or over-treatment and that any deterioration in system performance is signaled to permit timely remedial intervention.

SafeGuard™ is an automated trace metals analyzer for monitoring municipal and industrial water and wastewater. The system provides real-time, multi-stream analysis for a range of trace metal contaminants. SafeGuard delivers accurate and reliable results (up to 1 ppb or ± 15%, whichever is higher) with a typical measurement time of fewer than 30 minutes.

The MetalGuard™ Chromium analyzer provides real-time, reliable, and accurate data on hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] and Total Cr contaminant levels in just 30 minutes with sensitivity down to 0.5 ppb. The fully automated online analyzer is offered with an annual service contract inclusive of a 10-year warranty.

The MetalGuard™ Selenium analyzer provides real-time, reliable, and accurate data on selenium levels, including selenite and selenate. Results are available as quick as 30 minutes or in less than two hours, with sensitivity down to 1 ppb for certain selenium species. The fully automated online analyzer is offered with an annual service contract inclusive of a 10-year warranty.

The MetalGuard™ Arsenic analyzer provides real-time, reliable, and accurate data on arsenic levels in just 30 minutes with sensitivity down to 1 ppb. The fully automated online analyzer is offered with an annual service contract inclusive of a

Real-time data and analytical information from online instruments help utilities comply with water quality regulations. The complete article detailing how online water quality instruments are poised for growth was published in the March/April 2015 issue of World Water.