Webinar: The Role of Smart Tanks in Distribution Water Quality Management
This 60-minute seminar will provide water system managers, operators and engineers a practical understanding of the science and implementation of distribution system based water treatment to address low residual levels and disinfection byproducts.
Watch the Webinar from: September 25, 2024, 3:00 PM EST (US) in partnership with National Rural Water Association (NRWA)
What to Expect
- The basics of water tank mixing
- Understanding and measuring water tank stratification (temperature and chemical)
- Methods that attempt to achieve the results of a well-mixed tank
- Modes of tank mixing in recent history
- Impact of applying the right amount of energy to a water storage asset
- Background on DBP and THM regulation in the United States
- EPA and Stage 2 DBP Rules
- THM generation in water systems
- Conditions that allow for THM formation
- Nature of THMs (volatile compounds, Henry’s Law)
- Basics of THM removal
- Background on the importance of controlling disinfectant residual levels in water systems
- Prevalence of low residual related MCL violations
- Role of nitrifying bacteria in the destruction of water quality (chloramine systems)
- Operational procedures currently used to stave-off nitrification
- The Breakpoint Curve – Understanding Fluctuating Residual Levels in Networks
- Equipment options and equipment form factors
Who Should Attend
- Utility professionals
- Water system managers
- Operators
- Engineers
- Operations
- Industry consultants and experts
Key Takeaways
- Attendees will understand the role of tank mixing as a fundamental step to improving water network quality
- Attendees will understand the conditions that generate THMs in distribution systems and the physical/chemical nature of THMs
- Attendees will better understand the mechanisms for THM removal based on the physical/chemical nature of THMs
- Attendees will understand the conditions and basic chemistry of chloramine and free-chlorine residual destruction in water distribution systems
- Attendees will understand how the breakpoint curve can be used to intelligently boost residual levels in an automated mode versus today’s manual and time-consuming methods
Presenter:
Ethan Brooke:
Senior Product Manager, THM Removal System, PSI Water Technologies, Inc.
Ethan is an internationally recognized expert on aeration technologies for trihalomethane (THM) removal. His master’s thesis on THM aeration was published in the Journal of the American Water Works Association, resulting in three patents held by the University of New Hampshire. With a background in civil engineering and product management, Ethan has contributed to various water, wastewater, and distribution system infrastructure improvement projects.