--- title: Pax Water | Tank Mixers Blog | Peter Fiske description: PAX Water Technologies develops efficient technology for the water and wastewater industry. --- [![PAX Water](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hubfs/PAX-Water_Technologies_logo_CMYK-2.png)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/) [Contact Us](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/contact-us) # [The Mix](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog) ## Peter Fiske --- ### Recent Posts ## [Water Quality, El Niño and Drought: Oh My!](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/water-quality-el-nino-and-drought-oh-my) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 1/26/16 8:00 AM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hubfs/16Jan_-_El_Nino_Blog_Image.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/water-quality-el-nino-and-drought-oh-my) Water treatment plant operators have a challenging job under normal circumstances. They must optimize treatment strategies for varying water demand and cope with unpredictable (but inevitable) emergencies such as infrastructure repairs and emergency response.  Now, large-scale weather patterns such as drought and El Niño are making a tough job even more challenging. [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/water-quality-el-nino-and-drought-oh-my) Topics: [drinking water quality](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/drinking-water-quality) ## [Nitrification Risk Can Be Reduced by Active Mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/49736/Nitrification-Risk-Can-Be-Reduced-by-Active-Mixing) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 11/16/10 12:19 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15717602-jpg/images/m56.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/49736/Nitrification-Risk-Can-Be-Reduced-by-Active-Mixing) The AWWA Distribution System Water Quality Committee is embarking on revisions to their [M56: Fundamentals and Control of Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems](http://www.awwa.org/publications/MainStreamDept.cfm?itemnumber=5223).  The M56 manual is a complete **guide to managing nitrification** and is intended to be a principal technical resource for water system operators throughout the US. [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/49736/Nitrification-Risk-Can-Be-Reduced-by-Active-Mixing) Topics: [active mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/active-mixing), [nitrification](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/nitrification), [eliminate nitrification](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/eliminate-nitrification), [biofilms](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/biofilms) ## [Top Mixer Questions from AWWA's Storage Tank Water Quality Webinar](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/48331/Top-Mixer-Questions-from-AWWA-s-Storage-Tank-Water-Quality-Webinar) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 10/14/10 8:13 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15666301-jpg/images/awwa_webcast1.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/48331/Top-Mixer-Questions-from-AWWA-s-Storage-Tank-Water-Quality-Webinar) The AWWA held a webinar on October 6, 2010 entitled **Sustainable Water Quality Management within the Storage Tank: Part 2** (you can [listen to a rebroadcast here](http://www.awwa.org/Conferences/WebcastsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=54960&showLogin=N)). [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/48331/Top-Mixer-Questions-from-AWWA-s-Storage-Tank-Water-Quality-Webinar) Topics: [active mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/active-mixing), [storage tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/storage-tanks), [WaterMix](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/watermix), [biofilms](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/biofilms), [mixing systems](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/mixing-systems) ## [Active Mixing CAN Reduce Water Age!](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/47207/Active-Mixing-CAN-Reduce-Water-Age) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 9/28/10 4:34 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15723182-jpg/images/no_residual_at_top.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/47207/Active-Mixing-CAN-Reduce-Water-Age) We learned this week that an engineer (who shall remain unnamed) presented a paper at the [DSS meeting in Maryland ](http://www.awwa.org/files/Conferences/DSS/DSS10/DSSWSCannouncement.pdf)about water age modeling in which he claimed that mixing CANNOT decrease water age.  [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/47207/Active-Mixing-CAN-Reduce-Water-Age) Topics: [active mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/active-mixing), [disinfectant residual](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/disinfectant-residual), [storage tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/storage-tanks), [high water age](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/high-water-age), [mixing systems](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/mixing-systems) ## [Open Letter to the EPA’s Drinking Water Strategy Discussion Forum](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/46057/Open-Letter-to-the-EPA-s-Drinking-Water-Strategy-Discussion-Forum) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 9/7/10 8:32 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15690433-jpg/images/drinking_water_strategy.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/46057/Open-Letter-to-the-EPA-s-Drinking-Water-Strategy-Discussion-Forum) The EPA recently announced a new strategy to provide clean, safe drinking water and a novel means by which those of us in the water industry, and citizens in general, can comment on it: [an on-line discussion forum](http://blog.epa.gov/dwstrat/). [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/46057/Open-Letter-to-the-EPA-s-Drinking-Water-Strategy-Discussion-Forum) Topics: [Water Quality](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/water-quality), [storage tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/storage-tanks), [mixing systems](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/mixing-systems), [dbp formation](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/dbp-formation) ## [Is all that FLUSHING of tanks really necessary?](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/44165/Is-all-that-FLUSHING-of-tanks-really-necessary) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 7/29/10 2:41 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15704456-jpg/images/hydrant_w_shadow.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/44165/Is-all-that-FLUSHING-of-tanks-really-necessary)   [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/44165/Is-all-that-FLUSHING-of-tanks-really-necessary) Topics: [Water Quality](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/water-quality), [disinfectant residual](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/disinfectant-residual), [flushing tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/flushing-tanks) ## [PAX's Active Mixers Reduce Residual Losses – New Article in OpFlow](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/43412/PAX-s-Active-Mixers-Reduce-Residual-Losses-New-Article-in-OpFlow) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 7/15/10 8:29 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15698296-jpg/images/fire_and_ice_opflow_july_2010_11x17.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/43412/PAX-s-Active-Mixers-Reduce-Residual-Losses-New-Article-in-OpFlow) [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/43412/PAX-s-Active-Mixers-Reduce-Residual-Losses-New-Article-in-OpFlow) Topics: [disinfectant residual](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/disinfectant-residual), [storage tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/storage-tanks), [freeze protection](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/freeze-protection), [dbp formation](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/dbp-formation) ## [Beating the Heat with Active Mixers](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42949/Beating-the-Heat-with-Active-Mixers) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 7/6/10 8:29 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15731460-jpg/images/redwood_city_temp_data.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42949/Beating-the-Heat-with-Active-Mixers) Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees across much of the Eastern seaboard this week and municipalities large and small will be contending with managing their water quality.  [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42949/Beating-the-Heat-with-Active-Mixers) Topics: [active mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/active-mixing), [eliminate stratification](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/eliminate-stratification), [water circulation](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/water-circulation), [high water age](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/high-water-age) ## [PAX Water at ACE10 ](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42019/PAX-Water-at-ACE10) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 6/17/10 3:37 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15654983-jpg/images/ace10_logo.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42019/PAX-Water-at-ACE10) Are you going to [ACE10](http://www.awwa.org/ACE10/ACE10Program.cfm?ItemNumber=53067) next week in Chicago? PAX Water Technologies will be there. [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/42019/PAX-Water-at-ACE10) Topics: [eliminate stratification](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/eliminate-stratification), [mixing systems](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/mixing-systems) ## [It’s Fire Season: How Much Water is in YOUR tanks?](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/41464/It-s-Fire-Season-How-Much-Water-is-in-YOUR-tanks) Posted by [Peter Fiske](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske) on 6/8/10 6:11 PM [![](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/hs-fs/file-15734216-jpg/images/south_lake_tahoe_post_angora_fire_s.jpg)](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/41464/It-s-Fire-Season-How-Much-Water-is-in-YOUR-tanks)   [Read More](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/bid/41464/It-s-Fire-Season-How-Much-Water-is-in-YOUR-tanks) Topics: [Water Quality](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/water-quality), [active mixing](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/active-mixing), [storage tanks](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/storage-tanks), [fire storage](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/fire-storage), [low turnover](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/topic/low-turnover) [All Posts](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/all) [Next](https://blog.cleanwater1.com/pax-water-blog/author/peter-fiske/page/2) ### Comments ### Subscribe to Our Blog ### Follow Us ### Recent Posts #### PAX Water Technologies, Inc. 550 Sycamore Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 #### Talk To Us **Phone** 866.729.6493 [Contact Us](https://www.paxwater.com/contact-us) #### Connect With Us   © 2020 PAX Water Technologies, Inc. ##  [A UGSI Solutions Company](http://www.ugsicorp.com/)