A Study of Removing SUVA and Trihalomethanes by Biological Activated Carbon
SUVA (equivalent to UV254/DOC) value in raw water is a precursor for the formation of trihalomethane during chlorination at a water treatment plant. This study collected rapidly filtered water from an advanced water treatment plant for use in experiments on raw water. The removal rate of treating the trihalomethanes formation potential (THMFP) was conducted by using a biological activated carbon. The hydraulic retention time and SUVA loading were major factors in biological degradation tests. The results showed that biological powder-activated carbon (BPAC) lowered the average concentration of UV254 and value of SUVA in raw water. A removal efficiency of THMFP was present in the treatment of the three primary organic carbon items. These results highlighted the importance of the BPAC had an excellent treatment efficiency on THMFP.
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Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water and Cancer: Risk Assessment and
Integrated Evaluation of Available Data in Animals and Humans. Science
of the Total Environment. 1995, 171, 61-68.
[2] Johnson, P.D.; Dawson, B.V.; Goldberg, S.J. Cardiac teratogenicity of
trichloroethylene metabolites. Journal of the American College of
Cardiology. 1998, 32(2), 540-545.
[3] Miller, J.H.; Minard, K.; Wind, R.A.; Orner, G.A.; Sasser, L.B.; Bull, R.J.
In vivo MRI measurements of tumor growth induced by dichloroacetate:
implications for mode of action. Toxicology. 2000, 145(2-3), 115-125.
[4] Cedergren, M.I.; Selbing, A.J.; Löfman, O.; Källen, B.A.J. Chlorination
byproducts and nitrate in drinking water and risk for congenital cardiac
defects. Environmental Research. 2002, 89, 124-130.
[5] Dodds, L.; King, W.; Woolcott, C.; Pole, J. Trihalomethanes in public
water supplies and adverse birth outcomes. Epidemiology. 1999, 10,
233-237.
[6] Minghua, Li.; Huang, C.P. Stability of oxidized single-walled carbon
nanotubes in the presence of simple electrolytes and humic acid. Carbon.
2010, 48, 4527-4534.
[7] Lou J.C .;Chang T.W.; Huang C.E. Effective removal of disinfection
by-products and assimilable organic carbon:An advanced water treatment
system, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009,172, 1365–1371.
[8] Su, D. J. and Gao, N. Y. A study of removing organic matters in
slightly-polluted water by an ozone-active carbon combined process. Ind.
Water Waste -water. 2005, 32, 26-28.
[9] Singer, P. C. Humic substances as percursors for potentially harmful
disinfection by-products. Wat. Sci. Tech. 1999 40(9), 25-30.
[10] Krasner, S. W., W. H. Glaze, H. S. Weinberg, P. A. Daniel, and I. N.
Najm. Formation and control of waters containing bromide. J. AWWA.
1993, 85(1), 73-81.
[11] Goel, S. H., M. Raymond, and E. J. Bouwer. Biodegradation of NOM:
Effect of NOM source and ozone dose. J.AWWA. 1995, 85(1), 90-105.
[12] Korshin, G. V., C. W. Li, and M. M. Benjamin. The decrease of UV
absorbance as an indicator of TOX formation. Water Res. 1997, 31(4),
946-949.
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