How Do Microorganisms Impact Oil & Gas Extraction?
People are often surprised to learn that water is a very important part of oil and gas extraction. Sure, there is an obvious... Read More
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Dual Membrane Plant System Audit
An audit performed with rapid ATP testing determined chemical treatment (ie. HCl, sodium hypochlorite) and system performance for microbial monitoring.
Sewage Treatment Plants – Bug Farms and their Farmers
A colleague recently conveyed a conversation he’d had with an operator at a sewage treatment plant. Society tends to have an unfounded stigma... Read More
Why won’t total microbial content decrease after UV treatment?
UV treatment only recently became widely adopted in the water and wastewater treatment industries but the benefits of sun exposure for water purification... Read More
How Using ATP to Identify Sludge Bulking – What is the benefit?
What is sludge bulking? Sludge bulking is a severe problem that can plague activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). It’s been estimated that... Read More
Monitoring Biological Growth in Membrane Filters
ATP tests to monitor microbial growth in membrane filtration systems like desalination and industrial water treatment provides list of benefits.
“Clean vs. Compliant… What’s the difference?”
Water quality regulators do their best to set policies to ensure the public has access to safe water to drink in terms of microbiological... Read More
What Is ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and What Does It Do?
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the primary energy carrier in all living organisms on earth. But why does it matter? Learn more in this popular article.
ATP-metry technology for cooling circuits
Discover how cooling towers and circuits benefitted from switching to 2nd Generation ATP® tests to monitor for Legionella and other microbial growth.
Identifying Cross Connections
ATP tests detected an old line with stagnant water contaminating municipal drinking water. Resolution to eliminate further biological contamination.
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The economic case for microbiological control in fuels
Individual retail gasoline outlets can potentially increase annual revenues by as much as $30,000 per year through a more pro-active microbiological testing program using... Read More
Microbiological Control in Real-time for any Industrial Process Fluid
The goal of any microbiological growth control program, whether it is a single target organism or a multitude of threats, requires the control of... Read More
The Undeniable Link between Biological Growth & Pipeline Degradation
Much has been said about the immediate benefits of 2nd Generation ATP monitoring to reveal regrowth hotspots in water distribution system. Having this... Read More
What You Ought To Know About Biofilms
From “I’m infiltrating the walled cities where bacteria hide” by Anders Hakansson, taken from The New Scientist Magazine, 2014. Dr. Hakansson describes biofilms... Read More