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Coffee Break Training - Fire Protection Series
Access and Water Supplies: Automatic Water System Flushing Systems
Published by the United States Fire Administration

The level of residual chlorine in underground water system is an indicator of water quality and safety. The chlorine level in water changes over time, and depends on water temperature, initial chlorine concentration, and the nature and type of organic matter that may be present in the water. READ MORE.

Company Offers Lease Program for Emergency Flushing Systems
Published in WaterWorld Magazine

Through news coverage, and in many cases personal experience, water system operators have all been affected in one way or another by the destructive forces of hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires, earthquakes, and mud slides over the course of the past year. READ MORE.

EPA Approves Automatic, Programmable Flushing Systems for Funding
Published in Water & Wastes Digest on July 28, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently authorized funding for products such as Hydro-Guard Automatic and Programmable Flushing Systems and other devices under its Green Projects Reserve (GPR) funding program. READ MORE.

Affordable, Automated Flushing Systems from Hydro-Guard Save Up to 180,000 Gallons
of Water per Flush Point
Published by WaterOnline.com on June 15, 2010

Affordable, automatic, and programmable water distribution line flushing and maintenance for municipalities and private utilities will be the focus of the Hydro-Guard exhibit at AWWA's ACE '10. READ MORE.

Hydro-Guard to Demonstrate Automatic Flushing Systems at ACE '10
Published by WAter & Wastes Digest in June 2010

Affordable, automatic and programmable water distribution line flushing and maintenance for municipalities and private utilities will be the focus of the Hydro-Guard exhibit at ACE '10. READ MORE.

Articles from 2009

Hydro-Guard Introduces the Hydro-Guard S.M.A.R.T. Flushing System at ACE '09.
Published by WaterOnline.com on July 14, 2009

Recently, from the floor of the AWWA ACE 2009 Conference and Exposition, Hydro-Guard launched its Hydro-Guard S.M.A.R.T. Flushing System line. The [...] system allows for two way communication and remote flushing unit management via either a secure web portal or a secure interface...READ MORE.

Hydro-Guard Releases Two-Way Flushing System
Published by Water & Wastes Digest on July 27, 2009

Environmental Enhancement & Technologies, USA, Inc., recently launched its Hydro-Guard System Management Assisted by Remote Telemetry (SMART) Flushing System line at ACE '09 in San Diego. READ MORE.

System Offers Flushing Based on Chlorine Residual Levels
Published by WaterWorld Magazine

A new system for automatically flushing water lines can be controlled by chlorine residual levels or water quality management devices. The system can be directed to flush water lines only when it is critical for the maintenance of water quality standards...READ MORE.

Articles from 2008

Flushing in Quality Water
by Clare Pierson of Water & Wastes Digest
July 2008, Volume 48, Number 7

In Alabama, state regulations require drinking water utilities to maintain a chlorine residual of 0.2 parts per million in their distribution systems. This requires utilities such as the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) to continuously flush their system in order to improve or restore water quality. READ MORE.

Articles from 2007

Hydro-Guard Automatic, Programmable Flushing Systems Improve WAter Quality
in Distribution Systems
Published by WaterOnline.com on July 9, 2007

Most water distribution system have areas where there are water lines that may not have sufficient demands to keep the detention time short enough to maintain minimum chlorine residuals. Failure to maintain minimum chlorine residuals in water lines, in addition to being a violation...READ MORE.

Hydro-Guard to Introduce the Safety-Guard BOSS at ACE '07
Published by WaterOnline.com on June 13, 2007

Hydro-Guard, the world's leading manufacturer of automatic and programmable flushing systems, recently introduced the latest in its Safety-Guard line of bacteriological sampling stations, the BOSS (Blow-Off Sampling Stations). READ MORE.

Articles from 2006

Stage 2 DBP Rule Expected to Increase Automatic, Programmable Flushing Device Use
Published by WaterOnline.com on April 6, 2006

Due in part to the recent introduction of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Stage 2 Disinfection By-Products Rule (Stage 2 DBPR), Hydro-Guard, the world's leader in advance maintenance flushing technology, has seen a significant increase in the sales of its line of revolutionary automatic and programmable flushing devices. READ MORE.