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Pit Happens: Copper Corrosion in Household Plumbing

Pit Happens   (Slide Show - 4 MB)

 

Pit Happens-Part One (pdf - 5 MB)

 

Pit Happens-Part Two (pdf - 1 MB)

Water Quality Deterioration During Distribution

Part 1: Recognition of the Role of Microorganisms

 

Part 2: Microbial Process in Distribution Mains

 

Part 3: Microbiologically-Mediated Deterioration in Groundwater Supplies

 

Part 4: Microbiologically-Mediated Deterioration in Surface Water Supplies

 

 

Water Quality Deterioration During Distribution

Controlling Nitrification in a Water Distribution System using Sodium Chlorite, Water Engineering and Management, Vol. 148, No. 9, September, 2001.

A New Method for the Control of Nitrification (2002) (Slide Show 4.3 MB)  

 

Kinetics of Chlorine Depletion and Microbial Growth in Household Plumbing Systems  
Kinetics-Figures

Biologically Mediated Deterioration of Water Quality in Distribution Systems, AWWA WQTC, 1977; Photos of Microorganisms

The Effect of Water Treatment Plant Performance on Distribution System Water Quality, AWWA Water Quality Technology Conferences 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (a 73 page compendium of a four-part series)

Control of Water Quality Deterioration in Water Distribution Systems

Part 1: Presence of Methane in Illinois Well Water Supplies

Part 2: Removal of Methane at Normal, Illinois 

Part 3: Studies of Methane Removal by Aeration

Part 4: Alternatives for Removal of Microbial Nutrients  

 

Methane-Bearing Illinois Well Water Supplies

Bibliography related to Microbially-Mediated Water Quality Deterioration

Arsenic in Drinking Water

Part 1. The Development of Drinking Water Regulations

Part 2. Human Exposure and Health Effects

Part 3. Occurrence of Arsenic in U.S. Waters

Part 4. Arsenic Removal Methods

 

Arsenic (Slide Show - 19.3 MB)

 

Removal of Arsenic (V) from Water by Adsorption in Aluminum and Ferric Hydroxides, AWWA, 1973 (The seminal paper quantifying arsenic removal by iron and aluminum).

Refrigerator 'Filter' - under the Microscope

Refrigerator Dispenser vs. Columbia, MO Tap Water

 

Microscopes, Particle Counters, Turbidity, and Bacteria

 

Illustration of Microscopic Techniques (Slide Show)

 

Use of the Direct Microscopic Count - ASTM, 1990

Missouri Stream, Pond, and Lake Sampling

Stream Biomonitoring to Assess the Impact of Large-Scale Livestock Production

 

Algae in Pond Water

 

Table Rock Lake: Trihalomethane Forming Potential

Rapid Sand Filtration - ASCE, 2001

 

Assessments of Water Treatment Plant Performance - AWWA, 1986

 

Particle and Organism Removals, Kansas City, MO, 2001

 

Encrustation of Filter Media

Water System Evaluation, Cleveland, MO

Iron and Manganese Removal; Control of Bacterial Growths on Filters

Precipitation of Iron in Aerated Ground Waters, ASCE, 1966

Removal of Iron from Ground Water by Filtration, AWWA, 1967

Iron Removal Using Magnesium Oxide, ASCE, 1970

Removal of Trace Inorganic Constituents, University of Illinois, February, 1974

Biologically Mediated Chemical Changes in the Filtration of Aerated Ground Waters, AWWA, 1971

Control of Bacterial Growths in Rapid Sand Filters, ASCE, 1971

Total Organic Carbon: A Technical Review and Critique, 2004; A Study of Enhanced Coagulation

Part 1. TOC-Regulation

 

Part 2. TOC-Removal

 

Part 3. TOC-Health Effects

 

TOC Removal by Enhanced Coagulation, Clinton, MO

TOC and THM of 101 Missouri Drinking Water Supplies: A 1980 and 1989 Comparison

TOC of Missouri Drinking Water Supplies

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Willmar, Minnesota - Copper Corrosion, Chloramine, and the Effect of Nitrification

Part 1. Search for Alternatives

 
Part 2. Nitrification

Part 3. Pilot Studies

Taste and Odor Control - Lake Waters

Taste and Odor Problems, Greenville, IL, July, 2003 

Lake Water Analyses, Greenville, IL, April, 2004

Governor Bond Lake, June, 2005

 

Powdered Activated Carbon, Chicago. IL, 1996

DBP Control - Little Rock, Arkansas

Control of Microbial Quality, ASCE Natl. Conf. on Envir. Engr., 1994

Treatment Plant Evaluations and Pilot Plant Studies at Little Rock, 1996 

Zinc in Natural Waters