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Main Title Slow sand filter and package treatment plant evaluation : operating costs and removal of bacteria, giardia, and trihalomethanes /
Author Pyper, Gordon Richardson.,
CORP Author Dufresne-Henry, Inc., North Springfield, VT.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab.
Publisher National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Year Published 1985
Report Number PB85-197051; EPA/600/2-85/052
Stock Number PB85-197051
OCLC Number 942756195
Subjects Water--Purification--Filtration ; Water treatment plants ; Diatomaceous earth ; Giardia
Additional Subjects Operating costs ; Packaged sewage plants ; Sand filters ; Water treatment ; Performance evaluation ; Giardia ; Cysts ; Turbidity ; Municipalities ; Halogen organic compounds ; Methanes
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ELBD RPS EPA 600-2-85-052 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/07/2016
NTIS  PB85-197051 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xiv, 182 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
Abstract
A two-year study was conducted on a municipally owned operating slow sand filter and a pressure diatomaceous earth (DE) filter, using the same source of supply. The systems were compared by monitoring ambient turbidity, particle county, total coliform, and standard plate count bacteria in the influent and filtered water as well as bacterial and Giardia cyst spikes. Both methods of treatment were comparable in effectiveness for most parameters. Turbidity removal tended to be better in the slow sand filter treatment than in the DE except for the period of time following slow sand filter scraping. Particle reduction tended to be very erratic in both systems for this particular source water.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references. "PB85-197051." "April 1985." "EPA/600/2-85/052." "Cooperative Agreement No. CR809284010." "Project Officer Gary S. Logsdon, Drinking Water Research Division, Water Engineering Research Laboratory."