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Flow-Tech Systems Helps Apple Industry Control Scale and Reduce Bacteria


MILWAUKEE, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Flow-Tech Systems' chemical-free solution for scale and microbiological control is proving beneficial to the apple growing, storage, and packaging industries.

Apple treated with Flow-Tech Grow. For more info, please visit www.flowtechsystems.com.

Flow-Tech's water treatment technology is used at dozens of locations with apple processing applications?including Evans Fruit in Mattawa, Washington, where Flow-Tech was installed to control scale build-up on apples. By using Flow-Tech to treat the water used for irrigation, Evans Fruit was able to control scale without chemicals. The orchards irrigated with water treated by Flow-Tech yielded apples with suspended calcium that could be easily dusted off, as seen here. Julie Evans, in charge of Orchard Operations at Evans Fruit Company, said, "It has worked with the scale on the apples, but what has really impressed me is that we are now using less water to keep the apple trees healthy."

In addition to scale control, Flow-Tech is the only chemical-free system to meet ASHRAE protocol for biofilm control. This application was demonstrated when the system was installed on an approximately 4,000-gallon apple packing dump tank in Yakima, Washington. The customer's goal was to see if they could maintain or improve upon microbiological control in the tank and potentially reduce the amount of chemicals needed.

To test the effectiveness of Flow-Tech treatment, microbiological samples were taken twice a week.  There was a spike in bacteria levels two days after treatment started. "This is consistent with the effect of Flow-Tech's signal," said George Rihovsky of Flow-Tech Systems. "The treatment dislodged biofilm present in the flume system. The readings from this water two days later were non-detect. By removing biofilm from the flume and pipe surfaces, the Flow-Tech signal helped the chlorine/acid treatment to dramatically reduce floating microorganisms." A month later, the customer reduced their chemical use, and microbiological levels continued to test at non-detect. 

About Flow-Tech Systems
The team of water treatment specialists at Flow-Tech Systems, with over 50 years of combined experience, has designed a system that increases operational efficiencies by reducing microbiological contamination, corrosion, and scale deposition ? while avoiding potential health and safety problems associated with the use of chemicals.  Flow-Tech's unique method also treats all the water throughout a system, whether the water is moving or not. Flow-Tech Systems provides cost-effective, environmentally safe solutions applicable to HVAC, industrial, agricultural, and residential water treatment. Visit our website: http://www.flowtechsystems.com/

Media Contact:
Mark Meyer, [email protected], 414-507-1934

 

SOURCE Flow-Tech Systems


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