Water Remediation Technology LLC (WRT) has installed and put into operation two of the company’s Z-88® radium removal systems in the village of Antioch, IL. Under a 20-year contract, WRT is responsible for the environmentally safe handling, removal, and shipping of the spent treatment media from the treatment site to a licensed disposal facility, ensuring that the treatment waste isn’t reintroduced into the local environment. Prior to treatment, the radium concentration in the water from Antioch’s two wells averages 12.3 pCi/L, which is above the US Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level for combined radium-226/228 of 5 pCi/L. One of […]
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Treating Troubled Water
Water treatment system successfully removes radium from drinking water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long regulated radium in drinking water, but in December 2000 the EPA lowered the maximum allowable levels for radionuclides. As a result, water utilities across the country retested for radium. Those that found radium contamination exceeding new EPA standards faced a three-year deadline to comply—by either removing the radium to improve the quality of the existing water supply or finding alternative water sources. Upon retesting, the city of Brookfield, Wis., found radium levels exceeded the maximum allowable in two of the city’s 22 groundwater […]
WRT Responds To The Call For Drought Relief In Lawrenceville, GA, Helping to Open Water Well
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – A new uranium removal system provided by Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) will enable the City of Lawrenceville, GA, to open a well that has concentrations of uranium that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water. The installation of the Lawrenceville system will be the first of its kind in Georgia; plans are in place for additional systems. Located in the Atlanta metro area, Lawrenceville, Ga., is home to just over 28,000 people and is the county seat of Gwinnett County. Lawrenceville signed a 20-year contract with WRT to remove uranium from […]
WRT Installs Two New Water Treatment Systems in Illinois
ANTIOCH, IL – Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) has installed and put into operation two new Z-88® Radium Removal systems in the Village of Antioch, further expanding its operations in Illinois. Under a 20-year contact, the WRT system will improve the quality and safety of drinking water for residents. Located just south of the Wisconsin border in Lake County, Antioch is a historic community with nearly 14,000 residents. The WRT treatment systems will lower the amount of radium in the water to a level below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) requirements, ensuring that the community has safe drinking water. […]
Zeolite-Based System Safely Removes Radium From Drinking Water
In 2000, the EPA revisited regulations and monitoring requirements for the presence of radionuclides in drinking water. While most radioactive materials that are present in water supplies are naturally occurring, over time they can present considerable human health risks when allowed to reach unsafe levels in drinking water. One such radionuclide is radium (specifically radium-226 and radium- 228), for which the EPA set the maximum contaminant level (MCL) at five picocuries per liter (pCi/L) in 1976. In 2000, the EPA re-confirmed this MCL and established regulations for monitoring of radium levels in public water systems, with a mandate for communities […]
WRT Celebrates Signing of 50th Contract for Water Treatment in South Carolina
Salem, SC – Reaching a new company milestone, Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) has signed its 50th contract for water treatment services with the Keowee Bay Property Owners Association. The company’s newest uranium removal system, scheduled for installation in January, will be the first of its kind in the state. Under a 20-year contract, WRT will remove uranium from a well providing drinking water to approximately 60 homes in the community of Keowee Bay, S.C. Located in the northwestern corner of the state, near Salem on Lake Keowee, Keowee Bay is a gated community nestled into the eastern side of […]
WRT Awarded North Carolina Radioactive Material License to Remove Radium and Uranium from Groundwater
WHEAT RIDGE, CO – The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has issued Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) a Radioactive Material License for the removal, storage, and handling of natural radium and uranium from the state’s drinking water. WRT will extract the naturally-occurring contaminants from water, eliminating the need for water providers to obtain their own license, and will also be responsible for the environmentally safe handling and removal of the radium to a licensed and permitted facility, preventing future contamination in the area. “WRT has installed and operates more than 40 water treatment systems around the country, […]
WRT MAKES DRINKING WATER SAFER FOR SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS
SYCAMORE, IL – Residents of Sycamore, IL, will now have safer drinking water, thanks to the new Z-88® radium removal system provided by Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT). The addition of the Sycamore system marks the 17th installation that WRT is operating in Illinois. Located about 50 miles west of Chicago in DeKalb County, the City of Sycamore water supply comes primarily from five wells that cater to a population of nearly 15,000 residents. Prior to being treated, two of the wells serving Sycamore had radium concentrations averaging 8.25 pCi/L (picocuries per liter), exceeding the EPA’s maximum allowed contaminant level […]
SCHENKEIN ADDS WATER REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC TO CLIENT LIST
Denver Agency Builds Client Roster with National Drinking Water Treatment Company DENVER, CO – Schenkein, one of Denver’s largest public relations agencies, has added Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) to its growing client roster. WRT provides the most effective processes available for removing radium, uranium and other naturally occurring contaminants from drinking water. As the only company of its kind in the United States, WRT offers consumers and water providers a beginning-to-end, environmentally safe solution for long-term removal and disposal of select contaminants from various water sources. “We’re thrilled to provide such a forward-thinking company with national media relations support,” […]
Long-Term Illinois Customer Adds Third WRT Radium Removal System to Meet Needs of Growing Population
ELBURN, IL. – Water Remediation Technology, LLC (WRT) is continuing to make drinking water safer for residents in Illinois, installing and operating its third radium-removal water treatment system in the community of Elburn. The third system follows two previously installed and successfully operated radium removal systems in the Village of Elburn, located 45 miles west of Chicago. Elburn has grown quickly in recent years, and the third WRT system was installed to meet the drinking water needs of additional residents. WRT has been successfully operating radium removal systems at the community’s two other active wells since 2006. Under a 20-year […]