Identifies the best technologies or other means that are generally available, taking costs into consideration, for inactivating or removing microbial contaminants from surface water and groundwater supplies of drinking water. More specifically, it discusses water treatment technologies to be used by community and non-community water systems in removing turbidity, Giardia, viruses, and bacteria.
Author(s): Jerrold J. Troyan, Sigurd P. Haber
Series: Pollution Technology Review
Publisher: William Andrew
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 353
TREATMENT OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS IN POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Contents and Subject Index......Page 10
Executive Summary......Page 18
I. Introduction......Page 41
II. Background......Page 46
III. Filtration in Community Systems......Page 75
IV. Disinfection in Community Systems......Page 115
V. Small Water Systems......Page 171
VI. Cost Data......Page 185
References......Page 272
Appendix A: Groundwater Disinfection Costs......Page 294
Appendix B: Surface Water Filtration Cost Calculations......Page 301
Appendix C: Costs of Obtaining an Exception to the Surface Water Filtration Rule......Page 315
Appendix D: Costs for Presently Filtering Systems to Improve Their Disinfection Facilities......Page 331
Appendix E: Cost Range Information Regarding Land, Piping, and Finished Water Pumping......Page 345
Abbreviations and Symbols......Page 349
Metric Conversions......Page 352
