June 8, 2015 -- The City of Roxboro, N.C., recently announced that it has become the state's second municipality to install and commission a MIEX® Treatment system from Ixom Watercare, a provider of chemicals, technologies and services for water treatment, in an effort to ensure compliance with disinfection by-products (DBPs).
The system will reduce DBP levels in the city's drinking water to allow the utility to meet federal and state drinking water quality requirements. The 4-million-gallon-per-day system was fully commissioned in November 2014 and provides dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal prior to coagulation and filtration of the utility's raw water sources -- Lake Issac Walton and Lake Roxboro.
Ixom's MIEX Technology was selected by Roxboro based on the fact that it would reduce the chemicals required for coagulation by 40 percent, thereby reducing associated chemical costs and the sludge created by the process. Coupled with this new lower coagulation dose, MIEX treatment increased the overall DOC removal by 33 percent, thereby creating better quality drinking water with less chemical waste.
All of these factors, along with the MIEX system' low levels of energy consumed, contribute to the overall sustainability of the process. Keith Garbrick of LaBella noted that "the MIEX process provided a net present worth savings of $3.5 million over a 20-year period compared to an alternate treatment method utilizing ferric sulfate and carbon addition." The city of Roxboro joins a growing North Carolina installation base, all of whom are dedicated to protecting the state's environmental resources while ensuring the public health.
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About Ixom
Ixom provides chemicals, technologies and services for water treatment. The company's products are used by municipal customers for creating safe drinking water and treating sewage and by industrial customers in water and process applications. Industrial markets include pulp and paper, food and beverage, dairy, steel, power generation and petrochemical. For more information, visit www.ixom.com.
