Michael Boyko, CEO of Dynamic Water Technologies inside of a Dynamic Scale Reactor (DSR) at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix.
DYNAMIC WATER TECHNOLOGIES
SCOTTSDALE INNOVATOR SAVES MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER BY ROSE TRING
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n late April, the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge named the City of Los Angeles winner of its Walk the Walk Award for outstanding water conservation during the past year. City officials gave much of the credit for the honor to Dynamic Water Technologies (DWT), a Scottsdale-based company. Throughout a drought-stricken Southwest, municipalities and businesses are seeking innovative ways to save water and energy. After researching many options, city officials in Los Angeles installed DWT’s electrochemical treatment system that reduces process water used in cooling towers by millions of gallons of water per year. The installation is reducing water usage at City Hall East by more than 20% on an annual basis. The system has been in place for 21 months and has saved 2.45 million gallons of water to date. “This project is exciting because it accomplishes multiple goals at once—we are saving water, saving money, and moving away from chemicals,” says Mark Roussel, assistant director of the Building Maintenance Division at the City of Los Angeles. “It’s a win all around. We are proud to partner with the LA Better Buildings Challenge to share these exciting results.” Saving 2.45 million gallons of water at a single facility has
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massive implications, given recent scientific studies indicating the Southwest is in the middle of a megadrought. Scientists with Columbia University studied tree rings throughout the Southwest, and concluded, after years of research, that the current southwestern drought is the worst in 1,200 years and is likely exacerbated by human-caused climate change. Findings were reported earlier in April. “It’s imperative that governments and businesses work together to find innovative solutions to our ever-growing scarcity of water,” says Mike Boyko, president and CEO of Dynamic Water. “We must find technologies that allow us to minimize water usage worldwide.” The installation at Los Angeles City Hall East is one of two at government facilities that used DWT’s treatment system as part of studies by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a division within the U.S. Department of Energy. A multi-month study at the 242,000-square-foot Juliette Gordon Low Federal Building in Savannah, Georgia, produced similar water-saving results as those reported in Los Angeles. The General Services Administration, which issued the study, recommended that DWT’s technology be adopted at all federal government facilities. greenlivingaz.com
