Describes technologies for upgrading existing or designing new drinking water treatment facilities. Prefiltration, filtration, disinfection, and organic and inorganic contaminants are covered. Particular solutions for small community water treatment plants (2500-100,000 gpd) are described, along with 13 "case studies".
Author(s): James E. Smith
Series: Pollution Technology Review 198
Publisher: William Andrew
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 401
UPGRADING EXISTING OR DESIGNING NEW DRINKING WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Contents and Subject Index......Page 8
Part I Technologies for Upgrading Existing, or Designing New, Drinking Water Treatment Facilities......Page 18
1. Introduction......Page 20
2. Selecting and Evaluating Treatment Processes......Page 21
3. Prefiltration Treatment Elements......Page 35
4. Filtration Technologies......Page 51
5. Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products......Page 74
6. Treatment of Organic Contaminants......Page 113
7. Treatments for Inorganic Contaminants......Page 146
8. Current and Emerging Research......Page 167
9. References......Page 176
Appendix A -Experience Modifying Existing Filtration Systems......Page 182
Appendix B - Case Histories of Emerging Disinfection Technologies......Page 197
Appendix C -Experience with Treatment Technologies for Organic Contaminants......Page 207
Appendix D -Experience with Treatment Technologies
for Inorganic Contaminants......Page 214
Appendix E -Summary of Corrosion Indices......Page 220
Part II Water Treatment Technologies for Small Communities......Page 222
Introduction......Page 224
1. Drinking Water Treatment: An Overview......Page 225
2. New and Proposed Drinking Water Treatment Regulations: An Overview......Page 230
3. Solutions to Drinking Water Treatment Problems: An Overview......Page 240
4. Filtration Technologies for Small Systems......Page 250
5. Disinfection......Page 258
6. Treating Organic Contaminants in Drinking Water......Page 267
7. Control and Removal of Inorganic Contaminants......Page 273
8. Resources......Page 281
Appendix A - How to Take Bacteriological Samples......Page 289
Appendix B -Checklist: Some Factors Affecting Water Treatment System Performance......Page 290
Appendix C -Selecting a Consulting Engineer......Page 292
Appendix D - Chlorine Residual Monitoring......Page 295
Appendix E - CT Values......Page 297
Appendix F - Sample of CT Calculation for Achieving 1-log Giardia, 2-log Virus Inactivation with Chlorine Disinfection......Page 299
Part III The Composite Correction Program for Optimizing Water Treatment Plant Performance......Page 302
1. Introduction......Page 304
2. The Composite Correction Program Approach......Page 305
3. Results of Case Studies......Page 310
4. Case Studies......Page 315
