{"id":55,"date":"2014-03-21T18:16:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T18:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ozone-services.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-05-06T22:25:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T03:25:03","slug":"ozone-used-for-taste-and-odor-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxidationtech.com\/blog\/ozone-used-for-taste-and-odor-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozone used for taste and odor control"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ozone Treatment Solution For Water Plagued With Foul Odor And Taste<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\" News Feature | February 4, 2014 Ozone Treatment Solution For Water Plagued With Foul Odor And Taste\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wateronline.com\/doc\/ozone-treatment-solution-for-water-plagued-with-foul-odor-and-taste-0001\">Full article can be read HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wateronline.com\/author\/sara-jerome\" rel=\"Author\">Sara Jerome<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The tap water in some parts of northern Texas tasted and smelled likes grass clippings recently.<\/p>\n<p>The solution? Treatment plants in the area are betting on ozonation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cities of Arlington and Fort Worth disclosed in January that the strange odor and flavor were\u00a0&#8220;was partially due to\u00a0Tarrant Regional Water District\u00a0changing its source from the Richland-Chambers Reservoir to Lake Benbrook for pipe maintenance,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/texas-news\/Tap-water-takes-on-unsavory-flavor-in-Tarrant-County-240112891.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to a report\u00a0<\/a>by KHOU.<\/p>\n<p>But there is more to it than pipe repairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition, a &#8216;naturally occurring compound&#8217; called geosmin has been rising, which is normal in colder weather when algae in surface water is killed off,&#8221; the <em>Star-Telegram<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2014\/01\/13\/5482807\/drinking-water-may-smell-funny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, citing officials in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth has used Ozone as a disinfectant agent at all plants since fall of 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/fortworthtexas.gov\/tapwater\/2012EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to<\/a> the city.\u00a0The city &#8220;pioneered using ozone for primary disinfection in Texas in 1993 with the opening of the Eagle Mountain Water Treatment Plant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The benefit of ozonation, according to Fort Worth, is that it oxidizes organic matter in raw water. 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