The Utility
Palm Beach County Water Utilities is one of the largest utilities in Florida, operating both drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities. Instrumentation technician Vinney Guiel manages chlorine analyzers across these plants, where reliability and low maintenance directly affect operator workload and compliance reporting.
The Challenge
The utility's existing Hach CL-17 colorimetric analyzers depend on reagents, tubing, and mixing chambers — all of which require ongoing maintenance, periodic replenishment, and regular calibration. Across a fleet of analyzers, that maintenance burden adds up to significant recurring labor and consumable cost.
The Solution
Palm Beach County deployed the Halogen MP5 — a reagent-free, self-cleaning amperometric chlorine analyzer — at three locations: two at a wastewater plant and one at a drinking water facility. With no reagents, tubing, or mixing chambers, the MP5 removed the consumable and maintenance overhead of the colorimetric units it replaced.
The Results
- check_circleTwo years of operation on the oldest unit with no issues reported.
- check_circleOnly three calibrations required across two years of service.
- check_circleAnnual chlorine wear parts replaced in under 15 minutes.
- check_circleNo reagents, no tubing, and no mixing chambers to maintain.
- check_circleActively replacing the Hach CL-17 fleet, with 50+ units planned county-wide.
“I'm replacing all of our Hach CL-17 analyzers with MP5 units. They just keep running — no reagents, no tubing, hardly any calibration.”