Tonka was recently published in the February 2013 issue of Water System Operator magazine. The article highlights Tonka's involvement with the Eau Pleine Water Treatment Plant in Abbotsford, WI to solve their water treatment needs. For the full article, click the link below.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tonka Ion Exchange system makes a difference in Morehead City, NC
by John Berrigan
Tonka Equipment Company
Tonka Equipment Company
Morehead
City recently dedicated a new water treatment plant featuring Tonka Ion
Exchange for softening, color and TOC reduction. Interested citizens, community
leaders and medical professionals attended the open house. The City was pleased
to add this improvement to one of their most essential citizen services – an
abundant, appealing, and healthful drinking water supply.
Background
Morehead
City’s water supply comes from groundwater wells and contains minerals that
create a hard scale in the pipelines. It also contains naturally occurring
color that is noticeable in bathtubs, pools, and in drinking cups. For
treatment of the hardness and color, Tonka provided three ion exchange vessels
using solar salt to produce softened water, and three ion exchange vessels to
decolorize the water and remove materials that had the potential to form
disinfection byproducts. The facility was designed by McDavid Associates of
Farmville, NC.
Ion exchange—an innovative and unique treatment solution
Other
communities with similar water typically have used a different process —either
activated carbon or reverse osmosis. By contrast, ion exchange uses less than a
third of the energy and conserves much more of the water drawn from Morehead
City’s wells. From an environmental perspective, the ion exchange process is
more energy efficient, the salt used in the system is non-toxic, naturally
abundant, and is produced by solar evaporation. A winning combination for
the
City!
Positive results enjoyed by all
The
positive effect on the community was almost immediate. The local hospital
noticed that the cost of assuring high purity water for their instruments and
treatment practices dropped in half. Local residents voiced their pleasure
about having soft decolorized water. The difference between the well water and
the finished water was remarkable. During the peak tourist season, the water
plant produces 1,200,000 gallons per day of softened, decolorized water. The
Tonka ion exchange system achieves the water quality required by the City of
Morehead with a cost-effective, environmentally sound solution.
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