Full Description

The overriding goal of this work is to develop a knowledge base on drinking water ultraviolet (UV)disinfection that utilities, engineers, and regulators can use to reduce the risks and costs ofapplying this technology. Specific objectives that will allow us to achieve this goal are asfollows:conduct a comprehensive literature review on drinking water UV disinfection with afocus on full-scale applications;identify critical issues and questions that face utilities, engineers, and regulators whoare implementing drinking water UV disinfection;develop a database structure for collecting quantitative and qualitative data ondrinking water UV disinfection including design, validation, performance, costs, andlessons learned;collect a representative data set on drinking water UV disinfection that spansgeography, water quality, capacity, treatment goals, and commercial technologies;analyze collected data to answer important issues and questions;develop software tools that utilities, engineers, and regulators will use to improve UVsystem design and optimize UV system performance; and,disseminate the literature review, database, software tools, and findings from thiswork using hardcopy reports and electronic files.We expect this project to develop a large and complex dataset involving both quantitativeand qualitative data from many participating utilities. To ensure the information collected in thisproject answers the important questions on drinking water UV disinfection, we propose a three-phaseapproach for data collection and knowledge base development. Phase 1 involves:Quality Assurance Project Plan;Literature Review;Identify Research Questions;Develop Surveys and Database; Initial Data Collection;Develop Onsite Test Plans; and,Phase 1 QA/QC Review.Phase 2 involves:Site Evaluations;Analysis;Utility Contact Plan; and,Phase 2 QA/QC Review.Phase 3 involves:Survey UV Installations;Lamp Breakage Study; and,Analysis, Recommendations, and Reporting. Includes figures.

Product Details

Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 11/01/2006 Number of Pages: 14File Size: 1 file , 400 KB