This paper discusses a
research project supported by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation
(AwwaRF), Project 2599, called "Innovative UV Technologies to Oxidize Organic and Organoleptic
Chemicals", that examined the effect of ultraviolet (UV) and UV-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) on specific contaminants such as
T&O compounds, pesticides, herbicides, volatile organic compounds, and addressed the
formation of disinfection byproducts in such applications.
The research presented in this paper describes results from a pilot study that was conducted as
part of the AwwaRF project. The pilot plant study was conducted using two UV treatment
technologies: low-pressure high output (LPHO) and medium pressure (MP) UV reactors, using
UV alone and in combination with hydrogen peroxide, to evaluate their efficiency in the
degradation of two organoleptic chemicals (2-methylisoborneol, MIB, and geosmin) and the
herbicide, Atrazine (2-chloro 4-ethylamino 6-isopropylamino s-triazine). The pilot study was
conducted at the City of Detroit's Southwest Water Treatment Plant (Southwest WTP), located
in Allen Park, Michigan. The plant raw water source is the Detroit River (part of the Great
Lakes system). The Southwest WTP finished water was used as feed water to the UV pilot plant. Includes 23 references, tables, figures.
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| Published : | 06/17/2004 |
