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- Title
Disinfection of an Advanced Primary Effluent with Peracetic Acid and Ultraviolet Combined Treatment: A Continuous-Flow Pilot Plant Study.
- Authors
González, Abelardo; Gehr, Ronald; Vaca, Mabel; López, Raymundo
- Abstract
Disinfection of an advanced primary effluent using a continuous-flow combined peracetic acid/ultraviolet (PAA/UV) radiation system was evaluated. The purpose was to determine whether the maximum microbial content, established under Mexican standards for treated wastewaters meant for reuse--less than 240 most probable number fecal coliforms (FQ/100 mL--could be feasibly accomplished using either disinfectant individually, or the combined PAA/UV system. This meant achieving reduction of up to 5 logs, considering initial concentrations of 6.4-10+6 to 5.8-10+7 colony forming units/100 mL. During the tests performed under these experiments, total coliforms (TC) were counted because FC, at the most, will be equal to TC. Peracetic acid disinfection achieved less than 1.5 logs TC reduction when the Ct-t product was less than 2.26 mg-minimum (min)/L; 3.8 logs for Ct.t 4.40 mg-min/L; and 5.9 logs for Ct.t 24.2 mg-min/L. In continuousflow UV irradiation tests, at a low-operating flow (21 L/min; conditions which produced an average UV fluence of 13.0 mj/cm2), the highest TC reduction was close to 2.5 logs. The only condition that produced a disinfection efficiency of approximately 5 logs, when both disinfection agents were used together, was the combined process dosing 30 mg PAA/L at a pilot plant flow of 21 L/min and contact time of 10 minutes to attain an average Ct.t product of 24.2 mg-min/L and an average UV fluence of 13 mj/cm2. There was no conclusive evidence of a synergistic effect when both disinfectants were employed in combination as compared to the individual effects achieved when used separately, but this does not take into account the nonlinearity (tailing-off) of the doseresponse curve. Water Environ. Res., 84, 247 (2012).
- Subjects
DISINFECTION by-product; PERACETIC acid; ULTRAVIOLET water treatment; ORGANIC compounds removal (Sewage purification); PILOT plants; WATER reuse; ULTRAVIOLET radiation
- Publication
Water Environment Research (10614303), 2012, Vol 84, Issue 3, p247
- ISSN
1061-4303
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2175/106143012X13347678384765