A Cost‐Effective Treatment Process for Producing High‐Quality Drinking Water

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Abstract

To reduce capital spending while maintaining water quality goals, american water investigated converting GAC filters from a time‐based regeneration/replacement mode to biofiltration.

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Orren D. Schneider:

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Orren D. Schneider (to whom correspondence may be addressed) serves as manager of water technology at American Water, 1025 Laurel Oak Rd., Voorhees, NJ 08043 USA; orren.schneider@amwater.com. He is involved with research leading to optimization of water treatment and distribution system operations and has been a technical manager with expertise in evaluation and design of advanced coagulation, clarification, filtration, disinfection, and membrane technologies for water treatment. Schneider received a BS degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. Schneider has won two Journal AWWA best‐paper awards (2011 and 2015) and has been awarded the New Jersey Section AWWA Research and Technology Transfer Award. Mark W. LeChevallier is vice‐president and chief environmental officer at American Water.

Journal

Journal ID (doi): 10.1002/(ISSN)1551-8833

Title: Journal ‐ American Water Works Association

Abbreviated Title: Journal ‐ American Water Works Association

ISSN (Print): 0003-150X

ISSN (Electronic): 1551-8833

Publication date (Electronic): 01 March 2017

Article

DOI: 10.5942/jawwa.2017.109.0026

SO-VID: e31dce0a-5b60-4aa5-a6ca-78a2a0efdaae

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Earth & Environmental sciences,General environmental science,Environmental engineering

Keywords: Costs,Water Quality,Granular Activated Carbon,Biological Filters

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Earth & Environmental sciences, General environmental science, Environmental engineering

Keywords: Costs, Water Quality, Granular Activated Carbon, Biological Filters

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