Data-Driven Plant Performance Analysis and Optimization
Do you need to improve the performance of your treatment plant? Howe Water Science conducts detailed, data-driven analyses of treatment plants to identify and rectify water treatment plant performance issues. Their assessments can help you reduce coagulant doses, improve filter run times and backwash effectiveness, improve your DBP control, and identify other ways to improve your finished water quality, optimize plant performance, and reduce operating costs.
Technical Advisory Services
Are you planning research studies, design, or construction of improvements at your plant? Howe Water Science can serve on technical advisory committees, value engineering teams, or provide independent review, guidance, or oversight of consultants or other team members to ensure that your project is of the highest quality.
Bench and Pilot Study Support
Are you planning a study to improve your treatment? Make sure your tests will produce the results you need. The Howes have conducted extensive research at bench, pilot, and full scale. They have tested a wide variety of water treatment processes and topics, including coagulation, flocculation, granular media filtration, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, ozonation, biofiltration, membrane bioreactors, air stripping, and have experience with tracer tests, jar tests, and filter media assessments. They can help you get the most out of your study by developing experimental plans, identifying suitable water quality parameters and locations for sampling, designing bench and pilot test equipment, providing field support during testing, and analyzing data.
Emerging Contaminants and Unusual Contaminants
Does your source water have manganese or arsenic? Do you need to know how to remove PFAS, 1,4-dioxane, or algal toxins? Howe Water Science has conducted studies for both regulated and unregulated contaminants, including such unusual contaminants as plutonium and the fungus Exophiala. They can help you identify the best treatment options for your unique treatment needs.
Potable Reuse and Desalination
Considering potable reuse or desalination? Both Elaine and Kerry Howe have extensive experience with potable reuse and desalination applications. Between them, they have been involved in both full-scale design and research in a wide variety of aspects for potable reuse.
Advanced Treatment Technologies
Need guidance on advanced treatment? Or have you read about electrocoagulation, capacitive deionization, forward osmosis, or other technologies and wondered whether they can solve your treatment challenges? Kerry Howe’s 20 years in academia gives him the expertise to investigate the latest research on treatment technologies and provides you with a practical, unbiased assessment of how advanced technologies might fit into your treatment scheme.