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CONTROLLING DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS (DBPS) AND MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS IN SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS (PWS)
Citation:
Goodrich*, J A. AND R C. Haught*. CONTROLLING DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS (DBPS) AND MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS IN SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS (PWS). Chapter 11, Clark, R.M. and Boutin, B.K. (ed.), Controlling Disinfection By-Products and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water (EPA/600/R-01/110). USEPA, Cincinnati, OH, (2002).
Description:
The purpose of this chaper is to describe the in-house and field research activities specifically designed to evaluate alternative treatment technologies for small community and non-community water systems. The discussion is comprised of four major sections: (1) Particulate Removal, (2) Disinfection/Destruction, (3) Field-Scale Demonstration, and (4) Small System Remote Monitoring and Control. Small systems face a myriad of problems above and beyond those of the medium and large systems. The pilot-and full-scale research efforts described in this paper are intended to address a subset of these needs. Because small systems (defined below) often lack the financial, technical, and managerial capabilities of larger systems and are responsible for the majority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) violations, they have been the focus of specific portions of various Federal Regulations and Rules.