Lead contamination in drinking water presents a serious threat to human health. While utilities monitor for lead by sampling infrequently only a small number of domestic points of use, these traditional lead monitoring programs lack the ability to measure the presence of all forms of lead; capture unpredictable changes in water quality that result in lead corrosion; and report the contamination risk before the water is delivered to the customer. MetalGuard™ Lead Alert!™ from AMS is designed to offer communities real-time, continuous and dynamic water quality assessment of the presence of total lead in buildings or zones exposed to events that are the cause of acute lead contamination to reduce the risk of exposure.

Tin has been an abundant source of helpful chemistry throughout history and continues to be so today. From the dawning of the bronze age to its affordable use in water treatment, the properties of tin have lent themselves to being effectively utilized for modern applications. This report highlights tin’s pivotal role in human innovation. It discusses a novel method that introduces tin as stannous ions for water treatment to provide a safer and more efficient option when green practices are in desperate need and in high demand.

Rick Bacon, CEO of AMS, shares how the company is driving innovation with real-time water quality data and intelligent water treatment systems. Rick provides an in-depth review of 2019 and an outlook for 2020.

California American Water turned to AMS’s MetalGuard™ fully-automated, online multi-stream Cr(VI) analyzer to have higher visibility of Cr(VI) contaminant levels in real-time and allow them to better monitor and address critical steps in their remediation process. 

Online instruments help water utilities control water treatment operations. CEO Rick Bacon of Aqua Metrology Systems explains how utilities rely on sensors to meet water quality compliance standards and optimize operational performance in the May/June 2019 issue of World Water.

As regulatory requirements and the availability of more accurate diagnostic technologies continue to push the legal threshold limit of contaminants, utilities are turning to high-frequency data to identify contaminant threats and diagnose critical treatment system performance. Learn how El Paso Water’s Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant was able to meet regulatory requirements with the help of AMS’s MetalGuard™ automated, online arsenic analyzers.

Water & Wastes Digest Associate Editor Sara Myers recently spoke with Rick Bacon, CEO of Aqua Metrology Systems, about AMS’ SafeGuard H2O innovative remediation system and its proven ability to address a range of trace metal contaminants, including ionic mercury. The system offers a cost-effective alternative to highly challenging and expensive existing mercury removal processes. Read more here.

Aqua Metrology Systems’ innovative mercury remediation system, SafeGuard H2O, proven to address dissolved (ionic) mercury from power plant wastewater, was recently featured in Power magazine. SafeGuard H2O is a proprietary approach based on electrolytic stannous reagent generation on demand, making it free of the drawbacks of using a traditional stannous chloride reagent while providing a simple, efficient and cost-effective alternative to highly challenging and expensive existing mercury treatment processes.

2018 was a busy year for AMS. We raised awareness about the value of real-time, online high-density data to determine the presence of water-borne contaminants and began deployment of our own patented Intelligent Water Treatment System for chromium, mercury, lead and selenium remediation. In 2019, we anticipate wider adoption of our online contaminant analyzers in North America and Europe and plan to broaden access to safe drinking water through innovative drinking and wastewater treatment technologies.

For trace metal contamination found at legacy mines, AMS offers a novel online water quality analyzer for accurate and reliable data on As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Se, Ni, Hg, V, Zn and more. The system features a self-calibrating and autonomous sensor, making it ideal for installation in remote, inaccessible locations.