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Project #4440

Removal of Volatile Organic Contaminants (VOCs) from Drinking Water via Granular Activated Carbon Treatment

$49,996
Completed
Principal Investigator
R. Scott
Summers
Research Manager
Hyunyoung Jang, PhD
Contractor
University of Colorado at Boulder
Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs)
Groundwater Management & Protection
Treatment
Final Report

Abstract

This project evaluated the feasibility of using granular activated carbon (GAC) for removing certain carcinogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in groundwater at concentrations from 5 micrograms per liter (µg/L) down to as low as the minimum reporting levels (MRLs) defined under EPA Method 524.3, which are in the sub µg/L range. Research partners: EPA and WERF. Published in 2015.

Originally funded as WERF project INFR1SG09j