AWWA ACE59897

This paper discusses aresearch project supported by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation(AwwaRF), Project 2599, called "Innovative UV Technologies to Oxidize Organic and OrganolepticChemicals", that examined the effect of ultraviolet (UV) and UV-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) on specific contaminants such asT&O compounds, pesticides, herbicides, volatile organic compounds, and addressed theformation of disinfection byproducts in such applications.The research presented in this paper describes results from a pilot study that was conducted aspart of the AwwaRF project. The pilot plant study was conducted using two UV treatmenttechnologies: low-pressure high output (LPHO) and medium pressure (MP) UV reactors, usingUV alone and in combination with hydrogen peroxide, to evaluate their efficiency in thedegradation of two organoleptic chemicals (2-methylisoborneol, MIB, and geosmin) and theherbicide, Atrazine (2-chloro 4-ethylamino 6-isopropylamino s-triazine). The pilot study wasconducted at the City of Detroit's Southwest Water Treatment Plant (Southwest WTP), locatedin Allen Park, Michigan. The plant raw water source is the Detroit River (part of the GreatLakes system). The Southwest WTP finished water was used as feed water to the UV pilot plant. Includes 23 references, tables, figures.

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06/17/2004

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