AWWA WQTC64184

AWWA WQTC64184 Benefits of SMCS to Water Quality and Customers
Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2006

Burlingame, Gary A.

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This slide presentation outlines the benefits of Secondary MaximumContaminant Levels (SMCLs) to water quality and customers. Benefits to water quality are listed, along with scale and sediment from iron mains and groundwater, Turbidity as an Indicator of Iron, Blending of Waters, example of reverse osmosis (RO) treatment, cross connection control, Threshold Odor Number, Criticisms of the ThresholdOdor Number Method, Practical Taste-and-Odor Methods forRoutine Operations (AwwaRF- 2004), customer plumbing, example of new faucet, Kidney Dialysis Standards forthe Water, Essential Nutrientsin Drinking Water (WHO), POU and POE Treatment, Non-Potable Uses for DrinkingWater, and sodium and hardness.