Howe Water Science, LLC

Detailed assessments of municipal and industrial water treatment systems identify and rectify performance challenges. These evaluations help lower operating costs and enhance finished water quality by optimizing chemical dosages, filtration runs, and disinfection controls.

• Coagulant Dosing Optimization

  Analysis of plant operations to determine optimal coagulant doses and reduce chemical operating costs.

• Filter Backwash and Run-Time Evaluation

  Assessments designed to improve filter run times, enhance backwash effectiveness, and optimize media performance.

• Disinfection Byproduct Control

  Targeted plant reviews to implement controls for reducing disinfection byproducts in finished water.

Independent review, guidance, and project oversight ensure high quality during the planning, research, design, and construction phases. This includes serving on value engineering teams and technical advisory committees.

• Independent Consultant Oversight

  Providing third-party review, direction, and evaluation of consultants and project teams.

• Value Engineering Team Services

  Participating in value engineering reviews to optimize system design, quality, and project cost-effectiveness.

Comprehensive support for testing programs at bench, pilot, and full scales helps verify results and optimize municipal systems. Assistance includes developing experimental plans, identifying water quality sampling parameters, designing equipment, and analyzing field data.

• Experimental Plan Development

  Designing detailed testing protocols and identifying key water quality parameters and sampling locations.

• Pilot Scale Equipment Design

  Engineering and configuring physical bench-scale and pilot-scale systems for specific process tests.

• Water Treatment Process Testing

  Conducting tracer tests, jar tests, and filter media assessments for diverse treatment processes.

Specialized evaluations help identify optimal treatment pathways for both regulated and unregulated water impurities. Experience includes investigating treatment methods for PFAS, manganese, arsenic, 1,4-dioxane, algal toxins, and highly unusual biological or radioactive materials.

• PFAS and Algal Toxins Removal

  Evaluating and selecting treatment processes to target emerging synthetic and organic micro-pollutants.

• Radionuclide and Heavy Metals Mitigation

  Sourcing and reviewing treatment approaches for inorganic contaminants such as arsenic, manganese, and plutonium.

Technical design and academic research support the implementation of desalination and water reuse systems. Work spans full-scale engineering and advanced research to help utilities safely recycle treated wastewater.

• Reverse Osmosis Membrane Analysis

  Investigating membrane performance, fouling, chlorine degradation, and neutral organic compound rejection.

• Ozone and Biofiltration System Design

  Evaluating alternative non-membrane and hybrid treatment trains for removing micropollutants in potable reuse.

Practical and unbiased assessments evaluate how emerging systems can fit into existing or proposed municipal treatment schemes. Evaluations cover the latest research on processes like electrocoagulation, capacitive deionization, and forward osmosis.

• Emerging Separation Technology Evaluations

  Reviewing state-of-the-art academic research to determine the viability of novel membrane processes.

• Electrocoagulation and Deionization Feasibility

  Assessing the real-world utility of electrical and electrochemical treatment methods for complex source waters.