Pressure Filtration System to be provided by Tonka Water

Tonka Water has been selected to provide a water treatment system in German Valley, Illinois. This customized system will include vertical pressure filters with IMAR™ filter media and the unique Tonka Water hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) feed system. The feed system includes TonkaBlend™ to consistently and effectively feed TonkaZorb™, a preformed HMO solution for radium absorption. The system also features Tonka Water’s Simul-Wash™ backwash process, saving thousands of gallons of waste washwater with each backwash cycle.

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Retrofit Radium Removal Project in Mertzon, TX has been Commissioned

A Tonka Water retrofit project has been commissioned in Mertzon, Texas. The project includes the addition of TonkaBlend™/TonkaZorb™ for optimal feeding of hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) for radium removal. Mertzon marks the second HMO facility in the State of Texas.

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Radium Removal Plant Commissioned in Pewaukee, WI

Tonka Water is pleased to announce a customized horizontal pressure filtration system was commissioned in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. This system includes a TonkaBlend™ panel for optimal feeding of hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) to facilitate radium removal, and also includes Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system for optimal media cleansing and waste minimization.

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Tonka Water Awarded Contract for Water Treatment Plant in Farley, IA

Tonka Water has been chosen to provide a water treatment plant in Farley, Iowa. This water treatment system includes space efficient horizontal pressure filters for the treatment of iron. This system features an isolated cell design, an equipment option that affords operational flexibility with a compact, efficient footprint.  Isolating individual cells within the vessel allows a plant operator to backwash or take a cell off-line while continuing to treat water in the other cells, all the while keeping the plant operating at full capacity. Additional features to this system include TonkaBlend™; a hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) feed system optimized for efficient feeding of HMO for radium removal and Tonka Water’s Simul-Wash™ backwash system, saving thousands of gallons of waste washwater over the lifetime of the plant.


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Tonka Water Selected to Provide Water Treatment System in Hinckley, MN

Tonka Water has recently been selected to provide two fully skidded hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) feed systems to the city of Hinckley, Minnesota. These feed systems will include TonkaBlend™ HMO feed panels to consistently and effectively feed HMO for radium removal in their existing iron and manganese filter systems.

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Horizontal Pressure Filter Treatment System Commissioned in Wisconsin

Tonka Water commissioned a highly customized horizontal pressure filter system in Lena, Wisconsin. This iron removal system uses our highly efficient isolated cell horizontal pressure filters, which provides for two independently operated filters within one vessel. Also included is Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system, saving large amounts of water with each backwash. An additional feature is Tonka Water's Tonka Blend™; a hydrous manganese oxide feed system optimized for efficient feeding of HMO for radium removal.  

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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