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Main Title Arsenic/Radium Removal from Drinking Water by the HMO Process. USEPA Demonstration Project at Greenville, WI.
Author A. Chen ; R. Stowe ; L. Wang
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Year Published 2011
Report Number EPA600-R-11-087
Stock Number PB2012-108314
Additional Subjects Arsenic removal ; Radium removal ; Drinking water ; Water treatment processes ; Water treatment ; Water supply ; Contamination ; Water purification ; Water systems ; Water quality ; Water filtration ; Ground water ; Water pollution abatement ; Hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) process ; Greenville(Wisconsin)
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NTIS  PB2012-108314 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
In 2003, the town of Greenville, Wisconsin was selected for the Round 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Arsenic Demonstration Program and a Kinetico Macrolite pressure filtration system was selected for its ability to remove arsenic. Well reconstruction prior to the planned arsenic study, however, resulted in changes in water quality that resulted in a decrease in arsenic to below the 10-ig/L maximum contaminant level (MCL) and an increase in radium to above the combined MCL of 5 pCi/L (at around 9 pCi/L). With the changes in water quality (high radium), the treatment process was modified to include the addition of hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) for radium removal. Between August 3, 2007 and April 19, 2010, system performance was evaluated in two phases. The first study conducted between August 3, 2007, and January 14, 2008, collected system operational, performance, and cost data on arsenic removal. Operational data included system pressures, flowrates, filter run lengths, and filter backwashing. Operation and maintenance (O&M) cost was tracked and analyzed per 1,000 gal of water treated. A special study that focused entirely on the systems ability to remove radium followed a year later between May 29, 2009, and April 19, 2010.