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Preparing Industrial Cooling Systems for Winter
Delaying or ignoring proper winterization for your cooling systems can cause a host of problems including unsafe work conditions, broken equipment, higher energy bills, and even code violations. Your cooling system needs specific care before shutdown or lay-up. First let’s look at how winter messes with your system. Winter Threats to Cooling Systems Without proper…
How to Stop Wastewater Problems At the Plant Level
Facility managers often face the daily challenge of pushing aging wastewater treatment equipment to its limits. In many cases, they’re dealing with a mature infrastructure, operating decades-old equipment nearing the end of its useful life. At the same time, they struggle to stay on top of ever-changing government regulations and technology that grows increasingly complex.…
10 Tips to Lower Your BOD/TSS
Two of the most important measures involved in wastewater treatment are your Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD). You may already know that you have to control your TSS and BOD for several important reasons: TSS/BOD levels must adhere to state environmental regulations High TSS levels can cause severe harm to wildlife…
Top 10 Wastewater Problems, Causes and Solutions
Wastewater management is an undesirable task for facility managers and their staff. But, it’s an important job, because wastewater problems can quickly turn into a very expensive and unsanitary mess. Below is advice from our engineers about the ten most common wastewater treatment problems you may encounter at your facility and how you can fix…
Cooling Water System Equipment Maintenance Tips
Maintenance of your cooling water system equipment is a massive job. Problems like scale, debris, and algae are a constant threat, always waiting to make their way into your system. And if these contaminants are allowed to set up shop, they can quickly compromise the performance and efficiency of your entire cooling water system. This…
How to Prevent Algae in Cooling Water Systems
With the summer heat already upon us, most facility managers are using their cooling towers daily. Cooling towers are a great way to keep your buildings comfortable, but they require maintenance: you’ll need to clean and disinfect them regularly to prevent algae and biofouling growth. Algae growth spells trouble for cooling towers because it leads…
8 Tips to Prevent Legionella Growth in Industrial Cooling Water Systems
The weather is warming up, and cooling season is almost here. As a building manager, you already know that even a minuscule amount of Legionella bacteria is too much. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no safe level of Legionella when it comes to industrial cooling water systems. Even very small amounts can grow…
8 Steps to Creating An Industrial Water Management Program
If you’ve read some of our previous blogs, you may already know about the dangers of Legionella bacteria and the importance of preventing it in your industrial water systems. Perhaps you’ve already formed a water management team. These are critical first steps toward keeping Legionella out of your buildings. Now, you need to develop a solid water management program.…
Why You Need to Establish an Industrial Water Management Team
Legionella is a significant concern for any facility manager. This dangerous bacteria — and the life-threatening illness it causes — is an ongoing and complex problem that often originates in a building’s water cooling systems or water fixtures. It only takes one Legionella outbreak to make a number of people very sick, even if you think your water system…
11 Factors That Cause Legionella Growth in Industrial Water Systems
You may already know the basics about Legionella: it causes a serious, potentially fatal illness known as Legionnaires’ disease. And, contaminated building water systems are responsible for most Legionnaires’ outbreaks. But do you know the leading causes of Legionella growth inside and outside of your buildings or facilities? Legionella has a sneaky ability to grow under a wide variety…