Norman, Okla., February 14, 2002 -- You see them in every city in America. Standing tall, shining brightly, and symbols of civic pride, water towers play a critical role in delivering life's most precious commodity.
But if the average citizen could see the inside of their local water tower, they may not like what they see and perhaps would be motivated to never drink water from the tap again.
Tobey Simpson, Director of Sales and Marketing for Floran Technologies of Norman Oklahoma says storage tanks are commonly covered with all types of deposits, some of which can be disgusting. "There are some tanks you wouldn't even swim in if given the opportunity, much less want to drink from," according to Simpson.
Most importantly, the buildup of biological and mineral contaminants on the insides of tank walls forces cities to add more chlorine to the finished water supply. But that can lead to the creation of dangerous chlorine byproducts, some of which have been shown by the Environmental Protection Agency to cause serious health problems including miscarriages, cancers and neural tube defects.
A recent $1 billion lawsuit has been filed by twenty-five women against the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, who claim that high levels of chlorination byproducts in their city water caused their pregnancies to terminate in miscarriages in the 1980's and 1990's.
In the past, to clean tanks municipalities have used divers, high pressure washing systems and remote operated vehicles which vacuum loose sediment off the bottoms of tanks. Simpson says, "all of those methods fall short of truly cleaning the tank."
But Floran Technologies is now marketing in the U.S. a patented tank cleaning technology that was developed in Germany, which is proving highly effective in removing biological and mineral contaminants from inside municipal water tanks. The technology, certified by the non-profit National Sanitation Foundation, also significantly reduces chlorine demand, and as a result, the likelihood of creating dangerous chlorine by-products.
Most recently, the Floran technology was successfully used to drastically improve water quality in Dustin, Oklahoma, where biological and mineral contaminants in the system made the water unsafe for drinking. Prior to implementing Floran, residents of Dustin had been required to boil their water in an effort to avoid potential health related problems.
For more information, visit http://www.florantechnologies.com.
