Efficient drinking water oxidation with

intelligent automated air control

Mobile Success Story, Segment Water
Situation – In need of an efficient oxidation
process for iron and manganese removal

Application
● Drinking water treatment
● Oxidation metering and air/oxygen addition

Motivation & need

● Carry out oxidation to ensure water quality
● Automated process to disburden staff
and to save resources

Example customer
● Any waterworks
● Here: Everswinkel, Germany

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Situation – In need of an efficient oxidation
process for iron and manganese removal

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Challenge – In many waterworks the addition of
oxidation air has several drawbacks

Current situation
● Manual addition of oxidation air
● No documentation, readjustments, additional costs

Requirements & goals

Optimisation of oxidation process, ensuring:
● higher efficiency
● better reliability
● constant water quality
● economic targets

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Solution & Value – A ready-to-connect solution
for automated metering of oxidation air

Solution: Gas Dosing Unit

● Precise control of oxygen/air addition
● Compact, flexible and reliable system
● PLC connection or stand-alone

Customer value
● Precise automation, easier operation
and complete documentation
 Efficiency: minimal consumption
 Reliability: full compliance
 Flexibility: exact fit-for-purpose
● Profit from expertise & services offered

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Solution & Value – A ready-to-connect solution
for automated metering of oxidation air

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Solution & Value – Our customer expressed how
the solution greatly improved the situation

“ The intelligent design of the Bürkert Gas Dosing Unit

ensures precise control of the oxygen input based on
the current quantity of untreated water. This oxygen
quantity is always reproducible and no longer
depends on the expertise of the waterworks
supervisor. Every year we replace about 10 pumps at
the wells, which in the past required one week for
adjustment of the oxygen quantity. …

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Solution & Value – Our customer expressed how
the solution greatly improved the situation

... This adjustment work has now been eliminated and

the metering rate is always precise. Due to the
precisely controlled oxidation we now have less iron
in the treated water tank, which saves us the costly
and time consuming task of cleaning the tank. This
also eliminates the subsequent use of disinfectants,
which is good for us and the environment.
B. Rengers
”
(Everswinkel Municipal Utilities Waterworks Supervisor)

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Thank you!

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems Phone: +49 (0) 7940/10-0

Christian-Bürkert-Straße 13-17 Fax: +49 (0) 7940/10-91 204
74653 Ingelfingen info@burkert.com
Germany www.burkert.com

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Categorisation and keywords

Success Story categorisation

Segment Water
Customer Waterworks in general,
Everswinkel Waterworks
Industry Water Supply (Municipal)
Application Water Treatment, Disinfection &
Oxidation (Chlorination, Ozone, UV)
Product/System Gas Dosing Unit (“Oxidator Box”)
Main value drivers Save operational costs and time, more
efficient oxidation
Keywords Automated air control, oxygen,
waterworks, drinking water, water
treatment
Format/Scope Success Story

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