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Main Title Comparison of Grob closed-loop-stripping analysis (clsa) to other trace organic methods /
Author Melton, R. G. ; Coleman, W. E. ; Slater, R. W. ; Kopfler, F. C. ; Allen, W. K.
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Coleman, W. E.
Slater, R. W.
Kopfler, F. C.
Allen, W. K.
Aurand, T. A.
Mitchell, D. E.
Voto, S. J.
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-600/D-81-060
Stock Number PB81-211450
OCLC Number 07654728
Subjects Drinking water--Contamination
Additional Subjects Water treatment ; Water analysis ; Organic compounds ; Comparison ; Potable water ; Chemical analysis ; Trace elements ; Gas chromatography ; Mass spectroscopy ; Adsorption ; Trace elements ; Grob closed-loop stripping analysis ; EPA method 601 ; Bellar purge and trap analysis ; XAD-2 resin ; NTISEPAORD
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EJBD  EPA 600-D-81-060 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 07/07/2015
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-D-81-060 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB81-211450 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 96 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
This paper presents a comparison of experimental results from the analysis of drinking water before and after water treatment using 1 million gallon per day (mgpd) granular activated carbon (GAC) contactors at the Cincinnati Water Works. The following methods of organic analysis were used: (1) Grob closed-loop stripping analysis (CLSA) using capillary GC/MS/DS, (2) Bellar purge and trap (P&T) using packed column GC/Hall/DS, ie, EPA Method 601, (3) Batch Liquid - Liquid Extraction (BLLE) using capillary GC/MS/DS, and (4) XAD-2 adsorption - ethyl ether elution (XAD-EEE) capillary GC/MS/DS. At least twice as many 'consent decree' organics (23) and the 'EPA Office of Drinking Water chemical indicators of industrial contamination' (18) were measured by Grob CLSA than by Bellar P&T, BLLE, and XAD-EEE analyses. Furthermore, Grob CLSA produced this superior analysis at a low cost-per-compound-analyzed figure. Of the 183 different organics which were measured by the four methods, six organics were detected by Bellar P&T, 107 by Grob CLSA, 90 by BLLE, and 58 by XAD-EEE analysis. A historical review of Grob CLSA is presented, as well as a brief review of current U.S. P&T methods. The design of a superior analytical scheme for the comprehensive analysis of purgeable organics in drinking water is indicated by the data. The combined use of Bellar P&T (EPA Methods 601 or 502), Grob CLSA, and BLLE analyses provides useful data on the level of many EPA regulated organics in drinking water.
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"February 1981." "EPA 600/D-81-060." Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-43).