Ozone Drinking Water Treatment
Ozone is extensively used for drinking water Purification due to the strong disinfection and oxidation qualities. Ozone which is approved by US EPA has been used for over a century to treat drinking water with approximately 1,500 installations in Europe and 264 in the US.
Advantages of Ozone in Drinking Water Treatment
- Unlike chlorine, Ozone removes color, taste and odor in drinking water.
- Ozone effectively removes iron, manganese and other contaminants in drinking water.
- Ozone reduces the BOD and COD in water by oxidizing the organic impurities.
- The micro pollutants found in the ground water and surface water can be effectively removed by ozone.
- Reduces the amount of chlorine required to maintain a residual in the distribution system
- Rapid oxidation of organic impurities with the reduction of BOD and COD