Grantee Research Project Results
Novel Method for DBP Precursor Removal
EPA Contract Number: 68D40043Title: Novel Method for DBP Precursor Removal
Investigators: Olson, Edwin S.
Small Business: Universal Fuel Development Associates Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1994 through March 1, 1995
Project Amount: $55,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1994) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Water and Wastewater , Watersheds , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
The treatment and disinfection of water for drinking continues to be a major public health issue. It is clear that disinfection methods involving chlorine compounds result in the formation of byproducts that constitute a health risk. The proposed work addresses the removal of the humate and fulvate precursors for the disinfection byproducts (DBPs) with inexpensive anion exchange materials. The goal is to develop a process that utilizes inorganic materials that are reasonably thermally stable and can, therefore, be regenerated easily. This process can effect complete removal of the precursor humic substances present in the water and will be economically competitive with activated carbon and membrane filtration.Supplemental Keywords:
Ion Exchange, Drinking Water, Disinfection Byproducts., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Water, Toxics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, HAPS, Environmental Chemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science, EPCRA, Drinking Water, Environmental Engineering, ion exchange, Chlorine, treatment, DBP precursor removal, anion exchange material, disinfection byproducts (DPBs), chlorine compoundsProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase II:
Novel Method for DBP RemovalThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.