Abstract
Granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment is one method that water utilities can use to increase removal of natural organic matter and comply with the recently promulgated Disinfectants/ Disinfection By-products Rule. The cost of GAC depends on its useful service life and its capacity for reuse. The research reported here used minicolumns to investigate how ferric chloride coagulation influenced the total organic carbon (TOC) subsequently removed by GAC. Ferric chloride pretreatment lengthened GAC bed life by lowering influent TOC and by rendering the TOC that remained more adsorbable. Jar tests showed that at pH < 6.0, ferric chloride was superior to aluminum salts, on an equimolar basis, for removing TOC.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 65-78 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal / American Water Works Association |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- Water Science and Technology
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