Water and Wastewater Asset Management Readiness Survey launched with support from SOWC
Core infrastructure such as water and wastewater systems provide essential services to communities. Nevertheless, municipalities sometimes struggle to make the necessary investments to keep the physical assets in an adequate condition and operating efficiently. The transformative tools of asset management can change the water industry by creating a new mindset for capital investments. Canadian municipalities, especially in Ontario, have understood how asset management can positively impact business and are strongly adopting this practice. The need for direction New asset management [...]
A.U.G. Signals: Near-real-time readings help drinking water plants keep THMs in check
Across North America, drinking water treatment plants have to keep trihalomethanes (THMs) — a potential carcinogen — below strict limits. However, if they don’t have sophisticated gas chromatography equipment and trained specialists on site, plants must rely on commercial labs to test their samples. That means waiting up to a week to get results, which can delay action to address high TMH levels. Considering that each test costs somewhere in the range of $120 to $150, frequent testing gets expensive. [...]
Greyter Water Systems: Residential greywater recycling for a water-stressed world
What a difference a couple of years can make. When we first introduced you to Greyter Water Systems in 2016, the Ontario-based company was fine-tuning its new residential greywater product. By filtering shower and bath water so it can be reused for flushing toilets, the Greyter HOME system can cut household water consumption an impressive 20-25 per cent. Today, the technology is attracting attention from home builders across North America — and with good reason. Using proprietary, self-cleaning filtration processes, the [...]