Water and Wastewater Industry Newsletter – March 2023

Tuning Combustion Control Systems: Advanced & Unconventional Methods

Water treatment requires large amounts of process heat for a number of operations, such as sludge drying. Making sure your boilers are properly tuned can ensure that your facility is running as efficiently as possible.

Tuning your boilers can be tricky. Check out this article from one of our process control experts to learn about some advanced and unconventional ways to tune your combustion control system.

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Are you using the right mass flow controllers on your water treatment plant ammonia panel metering system?

In water treatment plants (WTP) ammoniators are critical in the chlorination disinfection process. The addition of ammonia is a common municipal water treatment method that ensures public water supplies are clean as possible for human consumption. However, handling ammonia gas and properly dispersing it throughout your process can be difficult.

The key to ammonia delivery in a large treatment plant that also maintains chlorine residual is to have a dry gas. If moisture or condensation is present in the ammonia system then corrosive sub-products are formed and will attack the meter components and seal materials. Making sure that the correct meter is installed, including specific material selection for ammonia service is paramount in preventing unplanned downtime.

Case Study: FLEXIM Use in a Polymer Delivery System at a WWTP


Utilizing FLEXIM flow equipment, a North Florida wastewater treatment plant was able to get reliable and accurate flow measurement of polymer, despite pulsating flow and very low velocity.

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Did you know?

Cross has a valve center of excellence located in Knoxville, TN where we can repair valves as well as assemble new valves to order? We have parts ins tock now so we can get you a new valve or repair your valve without waiting for the manufacturer.

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Reduce Risk

Gas leaks can be a serious health concern in water treatment facilities. Reduce the risk of serious injury by making sure your gas detectors are calibrated.

Cross Process Solutions experts are factory-trained to calibrate your fixed and portable gas detectors.

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Improve Efficiency

SCADA architecture helps you control and monitor data from devices spread across your water treatment facility. Cross is a certified integrator for a number of SCADA solutions providers, including VTScada.

VTScada’s unique architecture integrates core SCADA components in a single installation, eliminating the need for multiple vendors and alleviating the frustration inherent in industrial software lifecycles, including pricing, licensing, development, and support.

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Raise Quality

Ensuring that you are properly measuring pH, ORP, and conductivity in your water treatment facility is critical.

M4Knick has decades of experience in the process control market and offers a wide array of high quality analytical sensors for pH, ORP, conductivity, and more!

See how our team can help improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce risk

Latest Cross Company Updates

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