Case Study: Washington DC Metro Transit Authority

Overview

The Washington (DC) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Today, Metrorail serves the nation’s capital with 91 stations and has 117 miles of track.

Challenges

The Metro’s 17 large cooling towers were scaling up and required a lot of chemicals and maintenance to clean them.

Solution

Large commercial ScaleBlaster units were installed on all 17 cooling towers over a short period of time

Installed

1997

Outcome

The ScaleBlaster units solved the scaling issues as advertised, eliminating the need for expensive chemicals and reducing maintenance dramatically.