GoingToMeet

Most people who design, maintain, and monitor high purity water systems have heard of biofilm and a few "rules" about how to control and monitor it. Unfortunately, many of these "rules" such as flow rates, dead legs, surface smoothness and the like are either only half right or frankly wrong. Once there is an understanding of the basics of how biofilm really develops on surfaces and how that protects it, it is easier to see how it can impact the operability of various unit operations in a water system and why it is so hard to control and even to monitor accurately.