Abstract
Abstract Throughout the water treatment industry, a significant amount of research has recently focused on evaluating the effects of trace levels of contaminants on drinking water quality. This paper describes a pilot plant consisting of a common initial treatment sequence followed by four independent parallel streams, which was built for a study which evaluated the potential of various disinfectants to form mutagenic compounds. Chemically inert materials (glass, stainless steel and fluorocarbons) were used throughout for all water contacting surfaces in the pilot plant. The plant was subsequently modified to study the effects of ozonation and biological activity in anthracite-sand and granular activated carbon (GAC) filters on the formation and removal of easily biodegradable or assimilable organic carbon (AOC). This paper outlines the design approach, provides a detailed process description and discusses experimental methods, costs, operating criteria and typical process performance and problems associated with this pilot plant.
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