Key West is one of America’s most scenic locales. Situated in the Florida Keys southwest of Miami, it is visited by millions of people each year and is home to more than 30,000 year-round residents. While there’s plenty of ocean, potable water is a precious commodity which is piped 125 miles from the mainland.

A forward-thinking not for profit private utility was in need to keep pace with population growth and seasonal flows in a space-constrained, environmentally sensitive resort environment. Walton County, a coastal resort area in northwestern Florida doubles its population during the spring break and summer seasons.

Xylem, an industry leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions, has been selected through a fair and open competitive bidding process to replace eight Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs) that have reached the end of their useful life at the Cape May County, Municipal Utilities Authority, Cape May Wastewater Treatment Facility.

In December 2009, a non-hazardous liquid waste treatment facility in Wisconsin was exceeding their permitted level of 0.165 ppm tin in their final wastewater effluent discharge to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). Additionally, effluent levels for lead and copper also approached permit limits and were a concern to this customer.

Located in Wernersville, Pennsylvania a borough of Berks County, the Robesonia – Wernersville Municipal Authority Wastewater Treatment Facility was prompted to upgrade its filtration process to address two aging traveling bridge sand filters and to meet new state water quality standards, including phosphorus effluent limits.

Xylem has been selected by Severn Trent to supply its innovative ballasted clarification technology, the CoMag® system, at yet another major wastewater treatment works. This new contract at Hartshill (near Nuneaton) follows the successful implementation of the CoMag system.

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC was contacted by a South Florida Municipality to provide an odor control solution for a lift station within their collection system. In the past, the municipality had implemented biofiltration for control of atmospheric hydrogen sulfide. However, in recent years the biofilter was removed, leaving the lift station untreated and exposed to high sulfide concentrations.