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Advanced Treatment

The changing landscape of constituents of emerging concern, microbials and pathogens, and disinfection byproducts in drinking water, as well as increasingly restrictive discharge limits for receiving waters and the need to diversify water supplies through potable reuse, have necessitated a shift beyond conventional treatment for both drinking water and wastewater utilities.

Advanced treatment strategies are used by drinking water treatment plants and water resource recovery facilities to provide treatment to a higher level than conventional treatment. Drinking water plants may employ advanced treatment processes such as activated carbon adsorption, membrane treatment, ozone, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, and biofiltration, ​​ or a combination thereof. Many similar advanced treatment strategies have also been added to water resource recovery facilities to further remove solids, organic materials, nutrients, and toxic materials—often with the goal of producing potable water through indirect or direct reuse.

For more information, contact Kenan Ozekin (drinking water) or Lyndsey Bloxom (water reuse).

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Biofiltration
Reuse: Direct Potable
Reuse: Membrane Technology
Treatment
Project #4833

Understanding the Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Performance on Advanced Water Treatment Processes and Finished Water Quality

$852,419
2023
Completed

Project Highlights

Water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) typically focus on meeting effluent discharge requirements; however, with the increased prevalence of potable reuse, there is a need to rigorously define the impact of effluent quality on different advanced water treatment processes. This project...

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Principal Investigator
Eva
Steinle-Darling
Research Manager
Ms. Mary Smith

Trinity River Authority & Biofiltration

In 2012, Trinity River Authority (TRA) undertook a WRF research project to investigate whether enhanced biofiltration could enable a utility to retain previously removed manganese on the filter media and provide long-term water quality improvements, including taste and odor control and prevention of manganese breakthroughs.

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Project #5092
Understanding and Improving Reuse Biofilter Performance during...

Reporting Period: May 2022 – February 2023

Project Update
04/06/2023
Project #5129
Demonstration of Innovation to Improve Pathogen Removal,...

Reporting Period: January 2023 – March 2023

Project Update
04/04/2023
Project #5107
Understanding Pyrolysis for PFAS Removal

Reporting Period: November 1, 2022 – February 1, 2023

Project Update
03/22/2023
Project #3177
Occurrence, Treatment, and Evaluation of Analytical Methods for...

The overall objective of this project was to develop, improve, and apply sensitive and robust analytical...

Project Update
07/18/2022
Project #5140
The Impact of Pre-Chlorination and GAC Treatment on DBP...
Project Update
02/13/2023
Project #5129
Demonstration of Innovation to Improve Pathogen Removal,...

Reporting Period: July - September 2022

Project Update
02/09/2023
Project #5092
Understanding and Improving Reuse Biofilter Performance During...

Reporting Period: February 2022 - May 2022

Project Update
11/28/2022
Project #5140
The Impact of Pre-Chlorination and GAC Treatment on DBP...

Reporting Period: January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022

Project Update
11/28/2022
Project #5092
Understanding and Improving Reuse Biofilter Performance during...

Reporting Period: April - November 2021. Operation of the granular activated carbon (GAC) pilot setup consisting...

Project Update
05/04/2022
Project #3177
Occurrence, Treatment, and Evaluation of Analytical Methods for...

In Phase I (Project 3177), quantitative real-time PCR assays were developed to detect Group F ads...

Project Update
06/26/2019

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WRF Seeks Proposals for 22 New Research Projects Totaling $4.9M

Press Release
09/12/2023

(Denver, CO) 9/12/23 - The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is now accepting proposals for 22 research projects totaling $4.9M that will advance the science of water for communities around the...

Potable Reuse

Magazine
07/19/2023

All communities need resilient supplies of clean, safe water. Some utilities can tap into additional water sources when their primary supplies face quality or quantity issues. Read the full article...

Bringing Granular Activated Carbon Filtration to CFPUA

Magazine
Cammie Bellamy and Carel Vandermeyden
07/19/2023

The presence of PFAS in drinking water is a significant concern to the water sector, and GAC is one treatment that shows potential for PFAS removal. Read the full article...

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Engineered Biofiltration for Enhanced Hydraulic and Water Treatment Performance

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10/03/2011
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Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse Osmosis: Existing Plant Performance and Selection Guidance (4763)

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07/16/2014
07/16/2014
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Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse Osmosis: Existing Plant Performance and Selection Guidance

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01/28/2020
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