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POINT-OF-ENTRY DRINKING WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUPERFUND APPLICATIONS
Citation:
Chambers, C. D. AND T. A. Janszen. POINT-OF-ENTRY DRINKING WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUPERFUND APPLICATIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-89/027 (NTIS 89-195010), 1989.
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Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection AGency (EPA) and State Superfund agencies need a technical assistance manualto assist their personnel in the selection of an effective drinking water treatment system for aindividualhouseholds in areas whre the drinking water has been adversely affected by Superfund site contaminants and no other alternative water supply is available or feasible. Commercially available water treatment systems for individual households are of two basic types: point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE). A POU device consists of equipment applied to selected water taps to reduce contaminants at eachtap. A POE device consists of equipment to redcuce the contaminants in the water distributed throughout the entire structure of a house. This study was initiated to collect monitoring, operation and maintenance, performance, and design data on existing Superfund POE water treatment systems. Evaluation of the collected data showed that the existing data are not sufficient for the preparation of a technical assistance document to meet the objectives of EPA and State Superfund personnel. There is a need for additional study to develop a technical assistance document. Because most of the existing data and field experience related to POE water treatment is concerned with granular activated carbon filters and air strippers for the treatment of organic contaminants, further detailed study should center around these two technologies.
