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EVALUATION OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR EDC REMOVAL
Citation:
Schenck*, K M., T F. Speth*, R. Krishnan, B. Pepich, S. Wendelken, R. Marx, Y. Li, AND K. Mitchell. EVALUATION OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR EDC REMOVAL. Presented at Effective Risk Management of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Cincinnati, OH, 8/18-19/2001.
Description:
Many of the chemicals identified as potential endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may be present in surface or ground waters used as drinking water sources, due to their disposal via domestic and industrial sewage treatment systems and wet-weather runoff. In order to decrease the risk of otential adverse health effects associated with the presence of EDCs in drinking water, two basic strategies exist. One is to protect source waters from contamination by EDCs. The other is to remove EDCs, which may be present in source waters, during the drinking water treatment process and to ensure that EDCs are not introduced during distribution to the consumer. This project addresses the latter approach, by evaluating the removal of several EDCs by various drinking water treatment processes. The compounds to be evaluated initially are all steriod hormones: estradiol; estriol;