Tonka Water Selected to Provide Water Treatment System in New Madrid, MO

Tonka Water was recently selected as the manufacturer for a water treatment project in New Madrid, Missouri. The system includes an induced draft aerator and isolated cell horizontal pressure filters for the removal of iron. This unique system features Tonka Water’s Simul-Wash™ backwash process that will save millions of gallons of backwash waste water over the lifetime of the plant. The state-of-the-art isolated cell design offers flexibility by allowing the operator to isolate individual cells while adjacent cells remain in service, making it the most efficient footprint available in the industry.


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Tonka Water Provides an Aeration System to the community of Buffalo Island, Arkansas

Tonka Water was recently selected to provide a groundwater aeration system for the Buffalo Island community in Monette, AR. Tonka Water’s unique induced draft aerator features an innovative hinged access door, and treats a plant water flow of 1000 gallons per minute.

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Plant Commissioned in Middletown, IN

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a new treatment system recently commissioned for Middletown, Indiana. This system features Tonka Water's customized vertical pressure filters along with an induced draft aerator for the treatment of iron.

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Vertical Pressure Filtration System Recently Commissioned in Lone Rock, IA

A Tonka Water groundwater treatment system was recently commissioned in Lone Rock, Iowa. The system includes skidded vertical pressure filters and a forced draft aerator for the removal of iron and manganese.

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Tonka Water Awarded Project for Water Treatment Plant Expansion in West Carteret, NC

Tonka Water was recently selected to provide water treatment equipment for a plant expansion in West Carteret, North Carolina. This project adds Tonka Water's Organix™ ion exchange system for TOC/color removal, as well as an induced draft aerator and cation softening unit.

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Tonka Water Awarded Contract for Water Treatment System in Illinois

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a recent project in Lexington, IL. This water treatment system includes horizontal pressure filtration and forced draft aeration for the treatment of iron and manganese.  This system also includes ion exchange to provide softening and the removal of total organic carbon (TOC) for the community’s water supply. 

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Tonka Water Selected to Provide Water Treatment System in Watertown, WI

Tonka Water was recently selected to provide treatment equipment for a new water treatment plant in Watertown, Wisconsin. This system includes induced draft aerators and horizontal pressure filters for the treatment of iron and manganese. This new system will replace a 39 year old plant with original Tonka Water equipment, a testament to the lasting quality and design of Tonka Water products.

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Tonka Water Awarded Contract for Water Treatment Plant in Middletown, IN

Tonka Water has been selected to provide a water treatment system in Middletown, Indiana. This system will feature Tonka Water’s versatile vertical pressure filters and an induced draft aerator for the treatment of iron.

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Tonka Water to Provide Water Treatment System for Tuckerman, AR

Tonka Water is pleased to have been selected to provide a customized induced draft aerator and steel gravity filter system to treat the municipal water supply in Tuckerman, Arkansas. This iron and manganese removal system included refurbishments by Tonka Water of an existing clarifier, and represents state-of-the-art technology for treating the well water source. 

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Tonka Water Provides an Aerator to the community of Vernon County, MO

Tonka Water completed the installation of an aerator for the community of Vernon County, Missouri. The induced draft aerator features an innovative bolt-less hinged access door, and supports a plant water flow of 600 gallons per minute, installed and operating seamlessly with an existing water treatment plant. 

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Tonka Water Awarded Upgrades and Refurbishments in North Dakota

Tonka Water has received a contract to provide equipment for water treatment plant upgrades for Barnes Rural Water District in North Dakota. The upgrades include refurbishment of existing filters, new filters for additional capacity, and the addition of aeration, flocculation and sedimentation equipment. 

For more information on Tonka Water's innovative process solutions, visit our website. 

Arcadia, Wisconsin Water Plant Wins 3rd Place

by TJ Stroebl
Tonka Equipment Company

At the 2012 AWWA conference in Dallas, Gary Skrotch, a water operator from Arcadia, WI won 3^rd place in the national “Best of the Best” Water Taste Test! Gary became eligible last September after winning 1^st place in Wisconsin's taste test. 

The Arcadia water treatment plant was constructed in 2007, finished in 2008 and included one of Tonka's horizontal pressure filter and a forced draft aerator which worked together to remove iron and manganese. After great results, Arcadia’s water plant now has the award to prove it.      

Congratulations Gary! 

More about the winners of the “Best of Best” Water Taste Test: http://www.awwa.org/files/GovtPublicAffairs/PressReleases/061212TasteTestWinner.pdf

Radium Removal in Seneca, Illinois

by Gary Warner

Tonka Equipment Company

It’s a fact that contaminants exist, but there are some places where they cannot be allowed.

Water is one of them.

Naturally occurring radium, hydrogen sulfide, and iron kept reappearing in well two and three of Seneca, Illinois. With the leadership of Seneca's water operator, Paul Rivett and the engineer, Chamlin and Associates, the village renovated the existing facility, bringing contaminant levels greatly below EPA standards. 

The equipment for the project included three vertical pressure filters, one Forced Draft Aerator, a Detention Chamber and an HMO Chemical Feed System. Because of the renovations, the village's water system can safely be taken off the watch list for radium. The plant’s new HMO System utilizing a pre-mixed solution guarantees to remove the radium. As for the hydrogen sulfide in well two and the iron in well three, the new system also removes them. The turbulence and airflow from the tower pushes the hydrogen sulfide out into the atmosphere while simultaneously oxidizing the iron to an insoluble ferric hydroxide state that forms a floc, allowing it to be filtered. 

With their new hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) radium removal plant, the Village of Seneca won’t have to worry anymore about water contaminants. Everyone involved with the plant made sure of it!     

Read the WSO article here:  Right At Home | Water System Operator