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USEPA ARSENIC REMOVAL FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Citation:
LYTLE, D. A. AND T. J. SORG. USEPA ARSENIC REMOVAL FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. Presented at USEPA ETV Forum in Washington, D.C. , Washington, DC, July 12, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public
Description:
On October 31, 2001 EPA announced that the final standard for arsenic in drinking water of ten parts per billion (10 ppb) would become effective on February 22, 2002 without any further action by EPA. This means that the standard will be implemented as specified in the January 22, 2001 final rule, and the date by which systems must comply with the new standard is January 23, 2006. As part of that announcement, the Administrator pledged to provide $20 million over the next two years (2002/2003) for the research and development of more cost-effective technologies as well as technical assistance and training to operators of small systems to reduce their compliance costs. EPA's Office of Research and Development is spearheading the research program. The purpose of the effort is to provide information to fill-in research gaps that exist for a number of technologies or compliance approaches and provide this information to utilities, engineering firms, regulatory officials and others. The main research approach was to conduct a number of full-scale arsenic treatment demonstration removal studies at field locations across the country. This presentation provides a brief history of the program and provides current results from several demonstration sites.