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Removal of Haloacetic Acids via Adsorption and Biodegradation in a Bench-Scale Filtration System
Brominated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are a concern to drinking water utilities due to their toxicity and increasing prevalence in water systems. Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are a class of DBPs that are partially regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), but regulations are likely to increase as evidenced by the brominated HAAs listed on the USEPA Fourth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule and Fifth Contaminant Candidate List. Utilities often use a pre-oxidant to assist in their treatment training, but this can lead to increased HAA formation during treatment. In this study, tap water was spiked with bromine (Br2) at varying concentrations to simulate bromine-to-chlorine ratios found in the natural environment and the DBPs that may be formed from those waters. The water was fed through a bench-scale biological filter (biofilter) with a small layer of fresh granular activated carbon (GAC) media followed by acclimated anthracite media. The HAA species studied were found to be removable by an average of 89.5% through combined GAC filtration and biofiltration. Biodegradation occurred predominantly in the first five minutes for the acclimated anthracite, with minimal additional removal observed at longer empty bed contact times (15 and 30 min EBCT). This study provides recommendations on biofilter parameters for utilities to reduce the formation of both regulated and unregulated HAAs during the drinking water treatment process.
Removal of Haloacetic Acids via Adsorption and Biodegradation in a Bench-Scale Filtration System
Brominated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are a concern to drinking water utilities due to their toxicity and increasing prevalence in water systems. Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are a class of DBPs that are partially regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), but regulations are likely to increase as evidenced by the brominated HAAs listed on the USEPA Fourth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule and Fifth Contaminant Candidate List. Utilities often use a pre-oxidant to assist in their treatment training, but this can lead to increased HAA formation during treatment. In this study, tap water was spiked with bromine (Br2) at varying concentrations to simulate bromine-to-chlorine ratios found in the natural environment and the DBPs that may be formed from those waters. The water was fed through a bench-scale biological filter (biofilter) with a small layer of fresh granular activated carbon (GAC) media followed by acclimated anthracite media. The HAA species studied were found to be removable by an average of 89.5% through combined GAC filtration and biofiltration. Biodegradation occurred predominantly in the first five minutes for the acclimated anthracite, with minimal additional removal observed at longer empty bed contact times (15 and 30 min EBCT). This study provides recommendations on biofilter parameters for utilities to reduce the formation of both regulated and unregulated HAAs during the drinking water treatment process.
Removal of Haloacetic Acids via Adsorption and Biodegradation in a Bench-Scale Filtration System
Melanie Vines (author) / Leigh G. Terry (author)
2023
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