Director's Insight: Director of Water Services Addresses the Important Future of Garver Water
Earth's hydrologic cycle is a closed loop — no new water is being produced. Freshwater demand is increasing while supply is diminishing. Texas and Oklahoma utilities are already out of freshwater supply. Developing and conveying additional water to demand centers is a challenge, especially as water quality criteria is tightening. Eminent Clean Water Act nutrient and dissolved solids discharge limits can't be met with conventional wastewater treatment processes. Furthermore, conventional water treatment cannot meet coming Safe Drinking Water Act regulations for emerging micro-contaminants such as endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. Obviously, the world is facing a major problem.
Garver has an answer. Our multi-disciplined Water Design Center (WDC) provides custom water and wastewater treatment plant designs to meet each client's unique needs. The WDC advanced process design performance is exemplified in two recent award-winning projects: a modified UCT membrane bioreactor design to meet an unprecedented 0.037 mg/L total phosphorus discharge criteria in the Illinois River Watershed and the first series ultrafiltration/nanofiltration membrane softening plant in Alabama. Garver Water is building a robust research and development team staffed with advanced-degree-holding industry experts responsible for developing the best technologies and guiding regulators to best serve the people our clients serve.
Garver Water is purpose-built and ready now more than ever to help our clients with the challenges they face today, and the challenges they'll face tomorrow.
Earth's hydrologic cycle is a closed loop — no new water is being produced. Freshwater demand is increasing while supply is diminishing. Texas and Oklahoma utilities are already out of freshwater supply. Developing and conveying additional water to demand centers is a challenge, especially as water quality criteria is tightening. Eminent Clean Water Act nutrient and dissolved solids discharge limits can't be met with conventional wastewater treatment processes. Furthermore, conventional water treatment cannot meet coming Safe Drinking Water Act regulations for emerging micro-contaminants such as endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. Obviously, the world is facing a major problem.
Garver has an answer. Our multi-disciplined Water Design Center (WDC) provides custom water and wastewater treatment plant designs to meet each client's unique needs. The WDC advanced process design performance is exemplified in two recent award-winning projects: a modified UCT membrane bioreactor design to meet an unprecedented 0.037 mg/L total phosphorus discharge criteria in the Illinois River Watershed and the first series ultrafiltration/nanofiltration membrane softening plant in Alabama. Garver Water is building a robust research and development team staffed with advanced-degree-holding industry experts responsible for developing the best technologies and guiding regulators to best serve the people our clients serve.
Garver Water is purpose-built and ready now more than ever to help our clients with the challenges they face today, and the challenges they'll face tomorrow.
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