Project #2622

Evaluation of Riverbank Filtration As a Drinking Water Treatment Process

$543,470
Completed
Principal Investigator
Jack
Wang
Research Manager
Linda J Reekie
Contractor
Louisville Water Company
Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)
Microbes & Pathogens
Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs)

Abstract

Provides information on the removal of DBP precursors, herbicides, and microbial contaminants as a function of bank filtration variables including raw water quality, filtration distance and velocity, temperature, and riverbed sediments. Reports on the mechanisms of DBP precursor removal in bank filtration process, and distinguishes the contribution of physical, physical-chemical, and biological processes to the removal. Tailored Collaboration partner: Louisville Water Company. Published in 2002.