For evaporative cooling equipment like cooling towers, evaporative condensers or fluid coolers, water quality is essential for proper heat transfer and the healthy service life of the equipment.

By association, that same water also is essential to the operation of the chillers, process equipment or building systems connected to the evaporative cooling equipment. Yet, some operators or building owners fail to recognize how the quality of the available makeup water and ongoing water treatment of the condenser water may impact equipment commissioning, operational water efficiency and lifespan of the equipment.

Learn more about the problems that can occur, what's involved when maintaining water quality and the primary types of treatment systems are used for evaporative cooling systems. Read Water Quality: Essential to Cooling Tower Health and Operation in Process Cooling.