scholarly journals The removal of ammonia, arsenic, iron and manganese by biological treatment from a small Iowa drinking water system

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3142-3156
Author(s):  
Darren A. Lytle ◽  
Daniel Williams ◽  
Christy Muhlen ◽  
Eugenia Riddick ◽  
Maily Pham

Although not regulated in United States drinking water, ammonia has the potential to increase chlorine consumption and cause nitrification problems in the distribution system.

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1855-1868
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Gora ◽  
Tim Anaviapik Soucie ◽  
Nicole E. McCormick ◽  
C. Carolina Ontiveros ◽  
Vincent L'Hérault ◽  
...  

Drinking water samples were collected from the water source, water delivery truck, domestic water storage tanks, and at the point of use in a decentralized drinking water system in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, a predominantly Inuit community in Canada's Arctic region.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 977-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Shi ◽  
Akintunde Babatunde ◽  
Bettina Bockelmann-Evans ◽  
Gordon Webster

A novel microbial analysis regarding impacts of hydraulic regimes and Cl2/NH3-N mass ratios is provided for an experimental chloraminated DWDS experiencing nitrification.


2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 5864-5869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth D. Hilborn ◽  
Terry C. Covert ◽  
Mitchell A. Yakrus ◽  
Stephanie I. Harris ◽  
Sandra F. Donnelly ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT There is evidence that drinking water may be a source of infections with pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in humans. One method by which NTM are believed to enter drinking water distribution systems is by their intracellular colonization of protozoa. Our goal was to determine whether we could detect a reduction in the prevalence of NTM recovered from an unfiltered surface drinking water system after the addition of ozonation and filtration treatment and to characterize NTM isolates by using molecular methods. We sampled water from two initially unfiltered surface drinking water treatment plants over a 29-month period. One plant received the addition of filtration and ozonation after 6 months of sampling. Sample sites included those at treatment plant effluents, distributed water, and cold water taps (point-of-use [POU] sites) in public or commercial buildings located within each distribution system. NTM were recovered from 27% of the sites. POU sites yielded the majority of NTM, with >50% recovery despite the addition of ozonation and filtration. Closely related electrophoretic groups of Mycobacterium avium were found to persist at POU sites for up to 26 months. Water collected from POU cold water outlets was persistently colonized with NTM despite the addition of ozonation and filtration to a drinking water system. This suggests that cold water POU outlets need to be considered as a potential source of chronic human exposure to NTM.


2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Proulx ◽  
M.J. Rodriguez ◽  
J. Sérodes ◽  
C. Bouchard

In this research, methodology was developed to identify locations vulnerable to taste and odour problems in a distribution system. The methodology was based on a multicriteria procedure combining spatial information on consumer complaints and popular perception of tap water. The first step in the described methodology consisted of mapping complaints regarding tap water made by the population between 2002 and 2004 using a geographical information system (GIS). The second step consisted of analysing results of a questionnaire-based mail survey, also through GIS. The information generated using the above steps was integrated using a multicriteria and spatial approach allowing segregation of the distribution system into delineated zones, according to their vulnerability to occurrences of taste and odour problems. The identification of vulnerable sectors in a distribution system will help water managers to implement a better-targeted water quality monitoring programme – one that considers odours and tastes of drinking water – within the management process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-398

The occurrence of trihalomethanes (THMs) was studied in the drinking water samples from urban water supply network of Karachi city that served more than 18 million people. Drinking water samples were collected from 58 locations in summer (May-August) and winter (November-February) seasons. The major constituent of THMs detected was chloroform in winter (92.34%) and summer (93.07%), while the other THMs determined at lower concentrations. Summer and winter concentrations of total THMs at places exceed the levels regulated by UEPA (80 μg l-1) and WHO (100 μg l-1). GIS linked temporal variability in two seasons showed significantly higher median concentration (2.5%-23.06%) of THMs compared to winter.


Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Zlatanović ◽  
Aleksandra Knezev ◽  
Jan van der Hoek ◽  
Jan Vreeburg

2015 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 972-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qihua Wu ◽  
Honglan Shi ◽  
Yinfa Ma ◽  
Craig Adams ◽  
Hua Jiang ◽  
...  

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