CUSTOMER:
Alltel Stadium, home of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars, houses
the laundry and dining facilities for the organization's players and executives.
Completed in 1995, the stadium seats 73,000 fans. It was just four days prior to
the start of training camp in 1998 when their water hardness problems were
finally solved.
PROBLEM:
Alltel Stadium’s local water needed treatment. In the laundry, hard water was
hurting the appearance and durability of the team’s brilliant teal-coloured
uniforms. In the locker rooms and the coaches’ dining room, the water made the
coffee and other beverages taste poor. In the executive dining room, dissolved
minerals corroded the finish on the fine china and glassware.
SOLUTION:
Softening
A RainSoft duplex 24-inch x 72-inch automatic unit
in the on-premise laundry to return the brightness to the team's faded looking
uniforms, plus cut detergent use and associated costs. The duplex parallel is on
an electronic meter so that regeneration is programmed only during
off-hours. In the off season, when demands on the system are less, the
electronic meter gauges the inconsistency for irregular usage. A single 24-inch
x 72-inch automatic softener was installed in the player's dining area to reduce
hard water spots and stains on kitchenware. The water softener saved on clean-up
time and cut service calls on the dishwasher and other other water-using food
service equipment, resulting in cost savings as well. For example, two out of
three service calls on ice machines are water related - yet with proper water
treatment, this expense has been virtually eliminated.
Reverse Osmosis
Four seperate reverse osmosis (RO) systems were chosen for individual
applications throughout the facility. The initial unit was an 800 US gallon per
day (gpd) RO system that directly feeds the players' Gatorade machine. In the
past, bottled water was used to mix with the powdered Gatorade, which was both
costly and problematic in terms of physical storage space. In the coaches'
dining room, a 400 US gallon per day RO system provides quality water for all
their beverages as well as the ice machine and steam tables.
The corrosive effect of the high TDS water has been
eliminated by the system installed in the executive dining room, increasing the
life of the stemware and china, helping them retain their sparkle. Finally, the
owner's luxury box suite was outfitted with a 10 US gpd RO system improving the
water quality for the owner and guests. The product water for these RO
installations is typically 12 to 15 ppm, or less than one grain per gallon (gpg).
One gpg equals 17.1 ppm.
BENEFITS:
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Laundered uniforms retain their
brightness;
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Reduces laundering costs because RainSoft soft water requires less detergent;
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Beverages taste better;
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Kitchen wares look better and last
longer;
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Without hard water spots and stains,
kitchens clean up faster;
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Alltel Stadium now has quality water on
demand with no bottles and no storage problems. |
CONTACT:
Keith Parker
Email
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 877222
