Friday, April 19, 2013

Ad to Appear in Clean Water Magazine

Print Ad to appear in the Clean Water magazine this spring. You can find the digital version of the magazine at the Water Online site (www.wateronline.com) a few days before the magazine ships on/around June 3, 2013.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Tonka Water Proudly Introduces our New Brand

Tonka Water (formerly Tonka Equipment Company) is proud to announce our new name and—as you may have noticed—logo. This change is part of a larger rebranding effort to emphasize our commitment to the water treatment industry, and to the water market as a whole. The new brand reflects Tonka Water’s historical roots, emphasizes our core competencies, and brings together our name with our devotion to water. The new brand sets us apart as an industry leader as we continue to provide quality systems with innovative technology solutions to meet your needs.




Click here to be directed to the official press release: http://bit.ly/ZRtYT3
 
by the Tonka Water Marketing Team

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Tonka featured in Water System Operator magazine

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.

Good Luck, Good Planning | Water System Operator

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Tonka Ion Exchange system makes a difference in Morehead City, NC

by John Berrigan
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.

Friday, December 21, 2012