IXOM (formerly Orica Watercare)
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MICo™ Softening Process: DOC and Hardness Reduction in a Single Treatment Process
Many drinking water utilities are challenged with a raw water source that contains multiple contaminants requiring removal in order to deliver compliant, safe, and aesthetically pleasing drinking water to their customers. The occurrence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), hydrogen sulfide, bromide, and calcium and magnesium hardness is common in many drinking waters sources in North America, including the Floridan and Biscayne Aquifers.
Utilities faced with several raw water contaminants of concern typically must combine several treatment processes to meet water quality objectives; with one process, such as lime softening, aimed at removing hardness and a second process, such as granular activated carbon (GAC), applied for DOC reduction and disinfection by-product (DBP) control. Even with the application of multiple processes, bromide is likely to pass through the treatment plant, becoming problematic during chlorination.
The implementation of a single treatment process to achieve multiple removal objectives can result in a smaller plant footprint, lower operating costs, decreased inventory of spare parts and chemicals, lower waste volumes and greater ease of plant operation.
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