Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act and its Amendments have imposed a large number of new regulations on the U.S. drinking‐water industry. A major set of regulations currently under consideration will control disinfectants and ...

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is currently attempting to balance the complex trade‐offs in chemical and microbial risks associated with controlling disinfection and disinfection by‐products (D/DBP) ...

Abstract: I Although admittedly effective for removing organic compounds, concerns have been raised about the cost of using GAC for treating drinking water. This paper is devoted to the discussion of the cost of granular activated ...

Abstract: Analyses are performed on samples collected from various effluent streams of a fluidized‐bed and infrared furnace during reactivation of granular activated carbon (GAC) used in treatment of drinking water. These analyses ...

Abstract: During a one‐yr study at Jefferson Parish, La., the chemical, microbiological, and mutagenic effects of using the major drinking water disinfectants (chlorine, chlorine dioxide, chloramine, ozone) were evaluated. Tests ...

Abstract: Because of extensive interest in the use of granular activated carbon (GAC) for drinking water treatment, EPA's Drinking Water Research Division has sponsored several field‐scale research projects to demonstrate its use. ...