Grantee Research Project Results
2016 Progress Report: Design of Risk-reducing, Innovative-Implementable Small-System Knowledge(DeRISK) Center
EPA Grant Number: R835603Center: Design of Risk-reducing, Innovative-Implementable Small-System Knowledge Center
Center Director: Summers, R. Scott
Title: Design of Risk-reducing, Innovative-Implementable Small-System Knowledge(DeRISK) Center
Investigators: Summers, R. Scott , Hristovski, Kiril D , Linden, Karl G. , Malley, James P. , Dotson, Aaron , Seidel, Chad , Corwin, Christopher , Uber, Jim , Barrett, Joy , Collins, M. Robin , Westerhoff, Paul , Cook, Sherri , Hogrewe, William
Current Investigators: Summers, R. Scott , Westerhoff, Paul , Linden, Karl G. , Uber, Jim , Cook, Sherri , Hristovski, Kiril D , Dotson, Aaron , Collins, M. Robin , Malley, James P. , Barrett, Joy , Hogrewe, William , Seidel, Chad , Rosario-Ortiz, Fernando , Rodriquez, Roberto
Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder , Arizona State University , Rural Community Assistance Partnership , University of Alaska - Anchorage , University of New Hampshire
Current Institution: Arizona State University , University of Alaska - Anchorage , University of Colorado at Boulder , University of New Hampshire , Rural Community Assistance Partnership , University of Texas El Paso School of Public Health
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: September 1, 2014 through July 31, 2017 (Extended to July 31, 2018)
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 1, 2015 through August 31,2016
Project Amount: $4,099,973
RFA: National Centers for Innovation in Small Drinking Water Systems (2013) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Drinking Water , Water
Objective:
The Center’s overall objectives will focus on applying principles of risk reduction, sustainability and new implementation approaches to innovative technologies that will reduce the risk associated with key contaminant groups and will increase the chance of adoption and sustainable use in small systems.
Progress Summary:
Among other things, the Design of Risk reducing, Innovative Small System Knowledge (DeRISK) Center has completed the following tasks:
- Reviewed the basis of the current health risk model and collaborated with those who developed the model to identify opportunities to refine and further develop the model;
- Created an integrated modeling tool to predict health risks from disinfectant by-product across multiple viable treatment technologies;
- Applied ultra-violet technology to three pilot locations (HAWC-Kingston, NH, using a Berson-Aquionics MP system; Bethlehem, NH,housing a Trojan MP system and Star Island using a Xylem LPHO), which are operating and being routinely monitored for all agreed upon parameters;
- Optimized coating of quartz fiber optics for use as fixed-film substrate for photocatalysis; and
- Assessed the applicability of sunlight exposed ponds in pathogen inactivation and disinfection by product (DBP) reduction.
Future Activities:
The following activities were planned for the next reporting period: Test the optimized system at a field site to evaluate system sustainability and performance relative to MP UV technology; the experiments for biofilters involving the terrestrial source are completed, the microbial source experiments are half way completed and the wastewater effluent will be completed next; cost ranges for cartridge filtration are being developed for refinement and comprehensiveness of the cost model of the life cycle analysis.
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Garcia-Segura S, Lanzarini-Lopes M, Hristovski K, Westerhoff P. Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate:Fundamentals to full-scale water treatment applications. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL 2018;236:546-568. |
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Jones C, Terry L, Summers R, Cook S. Environmental life cycle comparison of conventional and biological filtration alternatives for drinking water treatment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 2018;4(10):1464-1497. |
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Jones C, Meyer J, Comejo P, Hogrewe W, Seidel C, Cook S. A new framework for small drinking water plant sustainability support and decision-making. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019;695. |
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Ling, L., Tugaoen, H., Brame, J., Sinha, S., Li, C., Schoepf, J., Hristovski, K., Kim, J., Shang, C., Westerhoff, P., (2017). Coupling Light-Emitting Diodes with Photocatalyst-Coated Optical Fibers Improves Quantum Yield of Pollutant Oxidation. Environmental Science and Technology 2017; 51 (22), 13319–13326 . |
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Meyer J, Seidel C, Summers R. Evaluation of Population-Weighted Risk Reduction for Several Disinfection By-Product Control Strategies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2020;146(3). |
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Oxenford JL, Barrett JM. Understanding small water system violations and deficiencies. Journal of the American Water Works Association 2016;108(3):31-37. |
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Stewart, J.R., Livneh, B., Kasprzyk, J.R., Rajagopalan, B., Minear, J.T. and Raseman, W.J., 2017. A multi-algorithm approach to land surface modeling of suspended sediment in the Colorado Front Range. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2017; 9(7):2526-2544. |
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Terry, L. G., and Summers, R. S. Biodegradable organic matter and rapid-rate biofilter performance:A review. Water Research 2018;128, 234–245. |
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Terry L, Peterson E, Summers RS. Organic matter biofiltration performance modeling:Influence of influent water quality, operating conditions, and biomass. WATER RESEARCH 2024;249(121006). |
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Tugaoen, H., Garcia-Segura, S., Hristovski, K., Westerhoff, P., Challenges in photocatalytic reduction of nitrate as water treatment technology. Science of the Total Environment 2017; 599: 1524–1551. |
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Tugaoen H, Garcia-Segura S, Hristovski K, Westerhoff P. Challenges in photocatalytic reduction of nitrate as a water treatment technology. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017;599:1524-1551. |
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Tugaoen, H., Garcia-Segura, S., Hristovski, K., Westerhoff, P., Compact light-emitting diode optical fiber immobilized TiO2 reactor for photocatalytic water treatment. Science of the Total Environment 2018;613:1331–1338. |
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Tugaoen, H., Herckes, P., Hristovski, K., Westerhoff, P., Influence of ultraviolet wavelengths on kinetics and selectivity for N-gases during TiO2 photocatalytic reduction of nitrate. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental 2018;220: 597–606 |
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Beck SE, Ryu H, Boczek L, Cashdollar J, Jeanis K, Rosenblum J, Lawal O, and Linden K (2017). Evaluating UV-C LED disinfection performance and investigating potential dual-wavelength synergy. Water Research 2017;109;207-216. |
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Hull NM, Linden KG. Synergy of MS2 disinfection by sequential exposure to tailored UV wavelengths. Water research 2018;143:292-300, DOI:j.watres.2018.06.017. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
Drinking water quality, drinking water treatment, risk reductionProgress and Final Reports:
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