As buildings, such as schools reopen, we will see an increase in the incidence of Legionella pneumophila SG 1, the organism responsible for legionnaires disease. Birmingham public schools has found this to be far real. Once established legionella is difficult to eliminate often taking several remediation cycles to eliminate. Birmingham public schools is finding out just how difficult legionella … [Read more...]
Water Consumption
Over 84% of California is currently experiencing a D1 to D4 drought level. These droughts can have big impacts on water costs as water becomes increasingly more difficult to supply to all end users. SWS can help you drastically reduce your water consumption across various applications from cooling towers to customized water reuse projects. Feel free to message or call me anytime to see what SWS … [Read more...]
Preventative Maintenance and Repairs on Water Using Equipment
In todays over tasked / under staffed world, things like preventative maintenance ( PM’s) and repairs on water using equipment such as Cooling Condensers, Distribution Pumps, Boilers, Reverse Osmosis, Closed loops can easily slip to the wayside. Failure to perform PM’s can lead to devastating corrosion, bacterial issues and drastically shorten equipment life. No one wants this. Consider … [Read more...]
Potential Legionella Outbreak
With schools and other covid affected buildings opening again the total threat is not just covid-19 but also major legionella outbreaks. While these buildings have been absent, the traditional maintenance and preventative measures normally preformed may not taking place. If for example, the school water system has become stagnate, conditions can become ripe for a potentially harmful case of … [Read more...]
SWS Nereus
Cooling towers are typically run around 3 cycles of concentration. The SWS Nereus control package is capable of running most cooling towers at 10 cycles of concentration. The benefits of properly running a cooling tower at 10 cycles of concentration are as follows (assume 750 ton tower). 1.8 Million gallons of water saved per year $15,000 saved per year on city water and sewer costs $11,000 … [Read more...]
Sustainable Water Solutions LLC has done it again!
Sustainable Water Solutions LLC announces it has demonstrated another successful water reuse pilot program, this time with a prominent commercial paper mill. This program is a new membrane application allowing the reclamation and reuse of water previously discharged. The volume of water to be recycled is currently projected to be in an excess of 2 million gallons a year. Focusing both on large … [Read more...]
Award Ceremony for Water Reduction
Award Ceremony for Water Reduction State’s Number One Issue For Immediate Release: by Sustainable Water Solutions LLC Contact: Grant Newhouse (925) 470-0491 A prominent data center in Dublin recently implemented a water savings program for their cooling operations. The result of the new program was a documented water savings of 40% (3,000,000 gallons/Yr.) with cost savings of over … [Read more...]