Aria Filtra Product Case Studies

Municipality Lifts Boil Water Order Using Mobile Membrane Solution

The Wellsboro Municipal Authority’s slow sand filtration drinking water plant began experiencing high turbidity and algae events due to elevated levels in their reservoir. A boil water advisory impacted residents’ daily lives and required business owners to shut down soda fountain dispensers, ice machines and coffee makers.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, USA

Power Plant Exceeded Demineralization Water Requirements Using Mobile Integrated Membrane Systems

A large European power plant needed a reliable source of water to feed their demineralizing unit. The existing conventional groundwater treatment technology was unable to provide stable water quality.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: European Power Plant

Enabling Preventive Maintenance and Meeting Peak Demand with Mobile Water Membrane Systems

Officials in Monmouth County, New Jersey, were determined to implement a water filtration system as they sought to provide additional water production capacity to take clarifiers offline for preventive maintenance.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: New Jersey American Water, USA

High-Efficiency Mobile Membrane System Rapidly Restores Gold Mining Plant While Protecting the Environment

A gold mining plant in Peru at 3,000 meters of altitude sought to protect its existing reverse osmosis unit from contaminated leachate water. The plant required a quick, reliable wastewater solution to meet peak demand in the summer months, treat the mine leachate, and prevent the existing RO membrane from collapsing or releasing contaminated water into the environment.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Mobile Water: Peru Gold Mine

Following Flood, Emergency Deployment of Mobile Filtration System Restores Drinking Water Within Days

The City of Cisco, Texas, experienced heavy rains that completely flooded Lake Cisco and ultimately, submerged the city’s surface water treatment plant and its equipment. Immediately following the flood, officials began qualifying mobile treatment options as they knew that the city would soon be depleted of water.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Mobile Water: City of Cisco, Texas, USA

Mobile Membrane Filtration Units Protect City from Cryptosporidium Outbreak

When drinking water supplies were in danger of cryptosporidium contamination, Aria Filtra^® quickly delivered mobile water treatment to a city in the UK.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Mobile Water: Municipal Water UK

Increasing the Efficiency of Process Water Pretreatment Without Interrupting Operations at a Paper Mill

A leading global hygiene and health company was experiencing process water shortages in its largest paper mill in Germany. The plant required the rapid replacement of the membrane modules without any downtime, while also increasing water treatment capacity to address additional production demands.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Mobile Water: Paper Mill, Germany

Rapid Deployment of Mobile Membrane Water Treatment for Mining

An operating mine in remote Nevada experienced a pit flood as a result of groundwater recharge. More than 40 million gallons of water flooded the open pit, bringing mine operations to a halt. An immediate, robust solution was needed to resume operations at the mine.

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Mine Water Remediation Project

Minera San Xavier, a subsidiary of New Gold Inc., has a gold mine that was closed and in reclamation. To enable the mining operation to produce permeate for leach pad rinsing, eliminate salts from process solution and avoid the use of well water, the company needed a mobile temporary deployment of microfiltration (MF) and high-recovery reverse osmosis (RO).

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Mobile Water: Mexico Mine

Streamlining Operator Use and Regulatory Compliance with Automated Membrane Filtration System

The City of Cisco, Texas, decided to upgrade its existing water treatment plant, seeking to replace its conventional dual media filters with modern, sophisticated membrane technology. The city’s water treatment plant serves more than 6,500 residents and two wholesale customers that purchase bulk water from the city for surrounding rural communities.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Packaged Systems: City of Cisco, Texas, USA

Meeting Environmental Health Regulations While Racing Against Spring Freshet

When new environmental health regulations were instituted by British Columbia, the province’s Village of Clinton needed to upgrade its surface water treatment plant.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Packaged Systems: Village of Clinton, British Columbia, Canada

Meeting Drinking Water Inspectorate Compliance on a Tight Deadline

The Town of Eastbourne’s Waterworks Road Water Treatment Works (WTW) needed to build a new water treatment system within 12 months that could provide safe, high-quality drinking water that meets Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) regulations.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Packaged Systems: Town of Eastbourne, England

Meeting Drinking Water Standards in Revamped Water Treatment Plant with Membranes

City officials in Cottage Grove, Oregon, were tasked with renovating and developing added water production capacity at its Row River Water Treatment Plant. The city needed a treatment method capable of meeting drinking water standards and handling Cottage Grove’s unique capacity requirements where water use frequently triples during the summer months.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom Systems: Cottage Grove, Oregon, USA

Exceeding Phosphorus Limits Required for Environmental Wastewater Reuse

Georgia’s City of Flowery Branch faced strict new requirements about discharging water back into the nearby Lake Lanier, which is a drinking water source for the community, compelling the City to find an alternative wastewater system.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom Systems: Flowery Branch, Georgia, USA

Retrofit Membrane System Treats High Turbidity Water

Originally constructed in 1917 and then renovated in 1933, the Brandywine Water Treatment Plant in Wilmington, Delaware, required a retrofit into the mixed media filter basins to meet stringent drinking water standards.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Challenging Algal Bloom and Red Tide Waters Treated with Seawater Membrane Pretreatment

The Sultanate of Oman, like other gulf countries in the Middle East, depends on desalination technologies as a major source of potable water for the distribution network. A plant expansion was to provide potable water in less than a year so it could add capacity to the city’s water network that serves more than 2 million residents.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Barka, Sultanate of Oman

Producing Process, Cooling, Boiler, and HP Boiler Water with Membrane Filtratio

Belgian municipal water supplier TMVW saw an emerging market for the valorization of surface water and an opportunity to expand into the industrial water supply industry. TMVW decided to create Induss II, a fully integrated water production site in the port of Ghent to serve surrounding industrial customers with water.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: TMVW, Belgium

High-Performing Membranes Provide Absolute Barrier to Cryptosporidium and Giardia Lamblia

Murfreesboro Water Resources Department in Tennessee sought to expand and update aging equipment at its Stones River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP). The upgrade also gave Murfreesboro the opportunity to proactively prepare for anticipated new EPA regulations relating to water treatment while preventing cryptosporidium and giardia lamblia from reaching the public water supply.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Membrane Filtration Results in Significant Cost Savings for State-of-the-Art Water Treatment Plant in TN

Hendersonville Utility District’s (HUD) 23-year-old water treatment plant experienced a particularly severe drought that stressed the capabilities of the plant. The solution needed to increase output capacity and incorporate the latest advancements in treatment technologies.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA

Membrane Water Filtration System Brings Renewable Water Supply and Reliability

Castle Rock Water’s Plum Creek Water Purification Facility required a new water treatment system that could meet regulatory drinking water standards and help the plant move to more renewable water sources.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Castle Rock, Colorado, USA

Meeting New Drinking Water Regulations and Increased Capacity Needs with Robust Membranes

The township of Sherbrooke in eastern Quebec was required to update its aging water treatment plant which serves 145,000 residents and uses source water from Memphremagog Lake.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Township of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Achieving Zero Liquid Discharge at a Common Effluent Treatment Plant in India

Located in the south of India, Veerapandi Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) sought a new filtration system to help the plant meet a government mandate to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD) for industrial wastewater.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: Veerapandi CETP, India

Teaming up on a Significant PFAS Mitigation Project

Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issuance of a health advisory for PFOS and PFOA in May 2016, a north Alabama drinking water utility was one of the water systems that had tests indicate higher concentrations of PFOS and PFOA than the newly released advisory level.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Custom System: PFAS Removal

Services for your Aria Filtra Water Treatment System

The drinking water facility for the City of Geneva is a 4 mgd Aria FLEX membrane system. From spring to early fall, the Geneva area experiences numerous electrical storms, which, even with surge protection, pose a potential risk for plant downtime.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Aria CARE & Services: City of Geneva, New York, USA

Prioritizing Risk and Quality When Evaluating Membrane Replacement Options

As municipal water treatment facilities look to reduce costs, the temptation to replace membranes with lower cost modules has grown, particularly as plants receive a free test trial offer. While membrane suppliers may claim to provide an intriguing, cost-effective alternative to our hollow-fiber modules, it is important to note that not all hollow fibers are created equal.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Aria CARE & Services: Membrane Modules & Aftermarket Support

Proven Performance the Top Reason for Choosing Aria Filtra for Module Replacement

Located in southern California, the Yucaipa Valley Water District (YVWD) provides drinking water, recycled water, and sewer collection and treatment to residents and businesses within the cities of Yucaipa and Calimesa. Depending on demand, YVWD Water Filtration Facility processes 6 to 12 mgd of drinking water, and the Wochholz Regional Water Recycling Facility averages about 4 mgd a day.

Read the case study: Mobile Water: Aria CARE & Services: Module Replacement