Tonka Water is pleased to announce the award of a new water treatment system in Cyrus, Minnesota. This customized system features the versatile Dualator® III incorporating aeration, retention and filtration. This space efficient, low profile system will remove iron and manganese in the community well supply. |
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Tonka Water Awarded Dualator® III in Cyrus, MN
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Tonka Water Commissions a Plant in Virginia
Tonka Water recently commissioned a water treatment plant in Round Hill, Virginia. This installed treatment system with isolated cell design uses a space efficient horizontal pressure filter to remove iron and manganese, including Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's horizontal pressure filters.
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Tonka Water Awarded Water Treatment Plant in Yelm, WA
Tonka Water is pleased to announce an order for a water treatment plant in Yelm, Washington. Tonka Water will provide a water treatment system using our highly space-efficient horizontal pressure filter to remove iron and manganese. This system will feature Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system, saving thousands of gallons of waste washwater.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's horizontal pressure filters.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's horizontal pressure filters.
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Tonka Water to Provide Water Treatment System for Tuckerman, AR
Tonka Water is pleased to have been selected to provide a customized induced draft aerator and steel gravity filter system to treat the municipal water supply in Tuckerman, Arkansas. This iron and manganese removal system included refurbishments by Tonka Water of an existing clarifier, and represents state-of-the-art technology for treating the well water source.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's gravity filters.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's gravity filters.
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Tonka Water Provides UTS™ to Antonito, CO
Tonka Water has been awarded a project for a UTS™ packaged surface water treatment plant in Antonito, Colorado. This Unitized Treatment System™ combines flocculation, sedimentation and filtration for turbidity removal in one space-efficient, packaged unit. This system features Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system, providing optimal media cleansing while saving thousands of gallons of waste washwater.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's packaged treatment systems.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's packaged treatment systems.
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Clarifier Treatment System Recently Commissioned in Texas
A new Tonka Water treatment system was recently commissioned in the city of Rio Grande City, Texas. Tonka Water's surface water clarifier and four cell gravity filter system was selected to improve treatability of the water.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's gravity filtration products.
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Tonka Water Provides Retrofit in Mertzon, TX
Tonka Water is pleased to announce the award of a recent project in Mertzon, Texas. This project will extend life to the water treatment system and includes the addition of TonkaBlend™/TonkaZorb™ for optimal feeding of hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) in radium removal. Mertzon is the second HMO facility in the state of Texas and Tonka Water is excited to be a part of this project.
Click here to learm more about Tonka Water's TonkaBlend™/TonkaZorb™.
Click here to learm more about Tonka Water's TonkaBlend™/TonkaZorb™.
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Tonka Water Awarded Water Treatment Plant in McHenry Shores, IL
Tonka Water is pleased to announce a new water treatment plant in McHenry Shores, Illinois. This iron removal system uses our customized vertical pressure filters with Simul-Wash™ backwash, saving thousands of gallons of wash water with each backwash.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ Backwash System.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ Backwash System.
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Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ System used in Frankfort, Illinois
A water treatment system using Tonka Water's space efficient horizontal pressure filters was commissioned in Frankfort, Illinois. This recently installed system featuring Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ will remove iron and manganese while saving large amounts of water with each backwash.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's pressure filters.
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Newly Commissioned Plant in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico with Tonka Water's BLEU™ Underdrain
A plant recently commissioned in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico features Tonka Water's BLEU™ underdrain. This innovative stainless steel, media retention underdrain is paired with Tonka Water's efficient Simul-Wash™ backwash system. Completing the system is Tonka Water's flocculation baffles and sludge blow-down system.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's BLEU™ underdrain.
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Tonka Water's Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2008 Certified
Tonka Water is pleased to announce its ISO 9001:2008 certification. "Tonka Water is very excited about this recent certification as it shows our continued dedication to providing quality products to our customers and enables us to continue to maintain a leadership presence in the marketplace." stated Tom Davis, Tonka Water President.
Tonka Water's commitment to quality begins early by understanding our customers' requirements and meeting their unique application needs. The quality management system of Tonka Water is infused throughout our internal processes; from project planning, fabrication and inspection, to our experienced on-site field service professionals, all striving to meet our customers' expectations with every project.
Tonka Water achieved this certification by meeting international ISO 9001:2008 requirements for a quality management system. Tonka Water is committed to providing clean water through the design, manufacture and integration of water treatment technology solutions.
The ISO 9001:2008 certification addresses various aspects of quality management. The standards provide guidelines and tools for companies and organizations who want to ensure products and services consistently meet customer's requirements, and that quality is continuously improved, all while maintaining a strong customer focus.
Tonka Water's commitment to quality begins early by understanding our customers' requirements and meeting their unique application needs. The quality management system of Tonka Water is infused throughout our internal processes; from project planning, fabrication and inspection, to our experienced on-site field service professionals, all striving to meet our customers' expectations with every project.
Tonka Water achieved this certification by meeting international ISO 9001:2008 requirements for a quality management system. Tonka Water is committed to providing clean water through the design, manufacture and integration of water treatment technology solutions.
The ISO 9001:2008 certification addresses various aspects of quality management. The standards provide guidelines and tools for companies and organizations who want to ensure products and services consistently meet customer's requirements, and that quality is continuously improved, all while maintaining a strong customer focus.
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Commissioned Plant in North Dakota Features Tonka Water's Horizontal Pressure Filters
Tonka Water is pleased to announce the commissioning of a water treatment facility for Barnes County, North Dakota. This expansion of a previous Tonka Water facility includes additional aeration, flocculation and sedimentation. Expanded filtration capacity was also added to increase overall treatment capacity.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's products and services.
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Tonka Water Provides Gravity Filter to the Community of Two Harbors, Minnesota
Tonka Water provided a wastewater gravity filter system for Two Harbors, Minnesota. This system features tertiary wastewater filters with Tonka Water's cost-effective Simul-Wash™ backwash system, for additional mercury removal, while minimizing backwash waste.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water' s Simul-Wash™ backwash system.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water' s Simul-Wash™ backwash system.
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Dualator® II System Recently Commissioned in Minnesota
Tonka Water commissioned a customized Dualator® II system in Paynesville, Minnesota. This highly customized Dualator® II system provides aeration followed by detention and dual media filtration in a single, space-efficient iron and manganese removal system.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Dualator® II system.
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Commissioned Plant features Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ and TonkaZorb™ in Hollister, Missouri
A water treatment system was commissioned in Hollister, Missouri by Tonka Water. The highly efficient system features horizontal pressure filters, Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ and Tonka Blend /TonkaZorb™. The Tonka Blend /TonkaZorb™ system is the most cost-effective method known for radium removal.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Tonka Blend /TonkaZorb™.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Tonka Blend /TonkaZorb™.
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Tonka Water Commissions Treatment System in Missouri
A new custom-designed Tonka Water treatment system was commissioned for the private Eagle Sky of Ozarks campground in Missouri. This unique and innovative system treats surface water using Tonka Water's fully automated ultrafiltration membrane technology to remove turbidity.
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Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's membrane systems.
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Membrane News: Tonka Water's Fountain Hills Facility Featured in WE&T Magazine
A recent Tonka Water wastewater treatment plant was featured in WE&T magazine highlighting a recent project in Fountain Hills, AZ. This plant was struggling with aging microfiltration membranes and experiencing pitting and leaks. A new ultrafiltration system by Tonka Water increased capacity and reduced backwash and maintenance needs.
Problem: An aging microfiltration system experienced pitting and leaks.
Solution: A new ultrafiltration system increased capacity and reduced backwash and maintenance needs.
When the Fountain Hills (Ariz.) Sanitary District advanced water treatment facility went into operation in 2001, its design life was expected to be 10 years. So in 2013, it came as no surprise that the facility's microfiltration system began experiencing problems that required regular maintenance.
"It gave us 12 years of reliable service," said district manager Ron Huber, "but we had started to be burdened by pitting and leaking in the system's stainless steel piping. While we were looking at the costs of workable replacements for the piping and related valves and instrumentation, considering each separately, Tonka Water [Minneapolis] developed a proposal for a complete system."
The new system also included an upgrade to ultrafiltration from microfiltration and automation of cycles for clean-in-place and chemically enhanced backwash.
The district chose the replacement ultrafiltration system. Upgrading to ultrafiltration technology helped the district end a troublesome maintenance burden, provided it with redundancy, and enabled its qualification for a higher-capacity aquifer protection permit.
The district needs to meet the requirements of an Aquifer Protection Permit from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality that includes maximum contaminant limits for nutrients, organics, inorganics, turbidity, and fecal coliform. The permit also regulates water elevation levels in recharge and monitor wells, and requires maintaining the integrity of various treatment facility components, compliance with aquifer water quality standards, and demonstration of best available demonstrated control technology.
Customizing an ultrafiltration system
Tonka Water was "open to adapting their product," as well as revising their original proposal to work with the design and plans of district staff and consultants, Carollo Engineers (Walnut Creek, Calif.) , said Clark A. Moskop, operations manager for the district's WRRF.
"Tonka's support for programming integration and controls was extremely helpful," said Boyce Clock, facility lead for operator-communications.
Problem: An aging microfiltration system experienced pitting and leaks.
Solution: A new ultrafiltration system increased capacity and reduced backwash and maintenance needs.
When the Fountain Hills (Ariz.) Sanitary District advanced water treatment facility went into operation in 2001, its design life was expected to be 10 years. So in 2013, it came as no surprise that the facility's microfiltration system began experiencing problems that required regular maintenance.
"It gave us 12 years of reliable service," said district manager Ron Huber, "but we had started to be burdened by pitting and leaking in the system's stainless steel piping. While we were looking at the costs of workable replacements for the piping and related valves and instrumentation, considering each separately, Tonka Water [Minneapolis] developed a proposal for a complete system."
The new system also included an upgrade to ultrafiltration from microfiltration and automation of cycles for clean-in-place and chemically enhanced backwash.
The district chose the replacement ultrafiltration system. Upgrading to ultrafiltration technology helped the district end a troublesome maintenance burden, provided it with redundancy, and enabled its qualification for a higher-capacity aquifer protection permit.
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Replacementsystemreducedmanual,6-to9-hourclean-in-place frequencyevery1.5months toanautomatedclean-in-placeevery6monthsorlessfrequently. |
Advanced facility helps meet permit needs
Water flows to the advanced water treatment facility after passing through the district 's water resource recovery facility (WRRF).
Water flows to the advanced water treatment facility after passing through the district 's water resource recovery facility (WRRF).
The district needs to meet the requirements of an Aquifer Protection Permit from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality that includes maximum contaminant limits for nutrients, organics, inorganics, turbidity, and fecal coliform. The permit also regulates water elevation levels in recharge and monitor wells, and requires maintaining the integrity of various treatment facility components, compliance with aquifer water quality standards, and demonstration of best available demonstrated control technology.
Customizing an ultrafiltration system
Tonka Water was "open to adapting their product," as well as revising their original proposal to work with the design and plans of district staff and consultants, Carollo Engineers (Walnut Creek, Calif.) , said Clark A. Moskop, operations manager for the district's WRRF.
"Tonka's support for programming integration and controls was extremely helpful," said Boyce Clock, facility lead for operator-communications.
The installation process for the complete system, which also includes chemically enhanced backwash, succeeded within 5 months and allowed uninterrupted seasonal aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) of reclaimed water in the advanced facility's five ASR wells.
"The timing for this project was crucial," said Huber, referring to the installation window of May 31 through Oct. 1 in 2013. "We had to be sure we could continue to put reclaimed water in the ground when we needed to. Our staff, consulting engineer, contractor, UF system manufacturer, and their rep were all in unison to make it work. We were back to recharging on time, and up and running."
MGC Constructors Inc. (Phoenix) worked with Tonka Water to keep the demolition of the former equipment and the installation of the new ultrafiltration units on track, which included providing all system components and ancillary pieces, all within the same footprint, Moskop said.
Technology offers automated high performance
Tonka Water's ultrafiltration systems are automated fully, with Internet-based control systems that provide online factory support in real-time. The company offers complete system capability, including full system control to eliminate fragmented responsibility. Pressurized water passes onto a membrane in a dead-end flow configuration, resulting in a membrane effluent. Designs enable continuous removal of contaminants while minimizing fouling, which allows operating for long periods between cleanings. The pressure-driven purification process tor aquifer recharge includes automated backwashing strainers with 130-µm protection and is designed to preserve integrity and long-term capacity of injection wells. It also minimizes the need for chlorine treatment and can serve as pretreatment for future nanotiltration, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, or other add-ons that might be needed to meet future requirements.
The facility received three membrane trains. Each train includes 54 modules with advanced control features . The system can operate with any number of trains in service and still backwash effectively. It also can handle a wide range of flows without sacrificing finished water quality.
"The timing for this project was crucial," said Huber, referring to the installation window of May 31 through Oct. 1 in 2013. "We had to be sure we could continue to put reclaimed water in the ground when we needed to. Our staff, consulting engineer, contractor, UF system manufacturer, and their rep were all in unison to make it work. We were back to recharging on time, and up and running."
MGC Constructors Inc. (Phoenix) worked with Tonka Water to keep the demolition of the former equipment and the installation of the new ultrafiltration units on track, which included providing all system components and ancillary pieces, all within the same footprint, Moskop said.
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Installationofacustomizedultraflltrationsystem,replacingtroublesomemlcrofiltratlon,providedtheFountainHills(Ariz.)SanitaryDistrictwithredundancyandwouldallow afutureapplicationforahighercapacityAquiferProtectionPermit. |
Tonka Water's ultrafiltration systems are automated fully, with Internet-based control systems that provide online factory support in real-time. The company offers complete system capability, including full system control to eliminate fragmented responsibility. Pressurized water passes onto a membrane in a dead-end flow configuration, resulting in a membrane effluent. Designs enable continuous removal of contaminants while minimizing fouling, which allows operating for long periods between cleanings. The pressure-driven purification process tor aquifer recharge includes automated backwashing strainers with 130-µm protection and is designed to preserve integrity and long-term capacity of injection wells. It also minimizes the need for chlorine treatment and can serve as pretreatment for future nanotiltration, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, or other add-ons that might be needed to meet future requirements.
The facility received three membrane trains. Each train includes 54 modules with advanced control features . The system can operate with any number of trains in service and still backwash effectively. It also can handle a wide range of flows without sacrificing finished water quality.
The modules incorporate advanced ultrafiltration membrane technology from Dow™ (Edina, Minn.). They include double-walled "outside-in" hollow fiber and can be isolated individually for repairs in-place. They are designed to provide effluent turbidity quality of less than 0.1 NTU; remove such pathogens as Giardia, Cryptosporidium, viruses, and Escherichia coli; and provide superior resistance to membrane fouling and chemical attack.
New operation improves performance
The advanced facility's new ultrafiltration system features 0.03-µm membranes - reduced from 0.1 µm. The five ASR wells provide recharging and recovery of reclaimed water.
The district now builds recharge credits with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and has a current maximum volume of annual aquifer withdrawal at 2.8 million m3 (2240 ac-ft).
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Totalbackwash/rejectwaterproducedattheFountainHills(Ariz.)SanitaryDistrictadvancedwatertreatmentfacilitywasreducedbyonehalftotwo-thirds,whichisfrom12.50/oto5%,or946,250L/d(250,000gal/d)to378,500L/d(100,000gal/d), oftotalflow. |
The advanced facility's new ultrafiltration system features 0.03-µm membranes - reduced from 0.1 µm. The five ASR wells provide recharging and recovery of reclaimed water.
The district now builds recharge credits with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and has a current maximum volume of annual aquifer withdrawal at 2.8 million m3 (2240 ac-ft).
In addition, the district reports significant reduction of backwash/reject water to sewer and retreatment. Originally the system produced backwash/reject water amounting to 10% to 15% of average daily flow, or about 946,250 Lid (250,000 gal/d). With the ultrafiltration system, the advanced facility produces backwash/reject water that's 5% to 6% of average daily flow, or about 378,500 Lid (100,000 gal/d).
This reduction saves extra pumping, according to Moskop. "Whatever backwash water we produce in the [advanced facility] has to be conveyed back to the [WRRF] for complete retreatment, and then pumped back to the [advanced facility], so we've gained very significant savings there," he said.
"In addition to relieving the manual burden for [clean-in-place cycles], we also gained improvement in frequency," Huber said. "What had taken us 6 to 9 hours per rack every month and a half is now an automated process once every 6 months or longer," Huber said.
Click here for the full article on WE&T magazine's website.
This reduction saves extra pumping, according to Moskop. "Whatever backwash water we produce in the [advanced facility] has to be conveyed back to the [WRRF] for complete retreatment, and then pumped back to the [advanced facility], so we've gained very significant savings there," he said.
"In addition to relieving the manual burden for [clean-in-place cycles], we also gained improvement in frequency," Huber said. "What had taken us 6 to 9 hours per rack every month and a half is now an automated process once every 6 months or longer," Huber said.
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| Manufacturer's automation of chemically enhanced backwash, and clean-in-place processes made routine maintenance a much easier task. |
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Horizontal Pressure Filter Treatment System Commissioned in Wisconsin
Tonka Water commissioned a highly customized horizontal pressure filter system in Lena, Wisconsin. This iron removal system uses our highly efficient isolated cell horizontal pressure filters, which provides for two independently operated filters within one vessel. Also included is Tonka Water's Simul-Wash™ backwash system, saving large amounts of water with each backwash. An additional feature is Tonka Water's Tonka Blend™; a hydrous manganese oxide feed system optimized for efficient feeding of HMO for radium removal.
Click here for more information about Tonka Water's pressure filters.
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Click here for more information about Tonka Water's pressure filters.
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Tonka Water Plant Featured in Treatment Plant Operator Magazine
A Tonka Water plant in Pontiac, Illinois was featured in the February issue of Treatment Plant Operator magazine. Click below to read the full article.
http://www.tpomag.com/editorial/2016/02/illinois_water_plant_consistently_brings_home_awards
http://www.tpomag.com/editorial/2016/02/illinois_water_plant_consistently_brings_home_awards
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Ion Exchange System Commissioned in Ohio
Tonka Water commissioned an Ion Exchange softening system in the north-central community of West Salem, Ohio. This Ion Exchange system was added to provide softening to an existing Tonka Water iron and manganese removal system.
Click here to learn more about Tonka Water's Ion Exchange System.
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