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SMALL SYSTEM STUDIES (WATER SUPPLY AND WATER RESOURCES DIVISION)
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To support and help in the struggle to improve the quality of drinking water in the U.S. and abroad (China and South America), the National Risk Management Research Laboratory's Water Supply and Water Resources Division (WSWRD) uses the USEPA Test and Evaluation (T&E) Facility located in Cincinnati, Ohio, to conduct package plant research. The T&E Facility, a multifaceted research resource, is where a wide variety of water treatment and other environmental protection technologies are conceived, designed, and evaluated at bench-,pilot-, and field-scale. The T&E Facility provides diverse opportunities to conduct drinking water and wastewater research. EPA is currently operating several small system package plants and point-of-use/point-of-entry units at the facility. Experimental tests of the various units are designed to sufficiently challenge the treatment technology and evaluate the cost and ease of operation. Following are a list of the technologies installed and in operation in the high-bay experimental area at the T&E Facility. 1. Filtration Systems: (a) slow sand, (b) rapid sand, (c) ultrafiltration, (d) bag, and (e) cartridge. 2. Disinfection Systems: (a) ozone, (b) ultraviolet (UV) light, (c) photo-fenton/UV/H2O2, and (d) electochemical disinfectant generator. For additional information about the Water Supply and Water Resources Division's Small System Studies at the T&E Facility, visit the website at http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/wswrd/smallsys2.htm. To access directly from this website, click on downloads on the navigation bar.