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The objective of this study was to identify operation conditions for the MIEX process toachieve the following simulated distribution (SDS) disinfection byproducts (DBP) goals: 60 g/Lof total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) and 45 g/L of haloacetic acids (total of five species, HAA5).Bromide and natural organic matter (NOM) were targeted as the major DBP precursors toremove. Concentrations of bromide and total organic carbon (TOC) tested at the PalmdaleWater District Water Treatment Plant, California (PWTP) averaged 190 g/L and 4.0 mg/L,respectively. Contact time had no impact on TOC or bromide removal performance within therange tested (7.5 to 25 minutes) for the resin concentrations considered (20 to 30 ml/L).Conversely, increasing regeneration rate (RR) improved process performance, speciallybromide removal. TOC and UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV-254) removal increasedapproximately 8 percent over the tested equivalent fresh resin dose (EFRD) range (i.e., 0,9 to 6mL/L), while bromide removal consistently increased, from 5 to 40 percent, with increasing inputof fresh resin. Sulfate removal increased sharply when EFRD was increased from 1.6 to 2.9mL/L, after which its removal stabilized at 80 percent. Sulfate competes for the same ionexchange sites that bromide and organic matter, and its presence may have been a detriment tothe removal of these parameters.The removal goal for HAA5 was achieved with treatment with MIEX resin operated at a 5%RR and 7.5 minutes contact time. The TTHM goal was only reached with MIEX treatment(resin concentration of 25 mL/L) followed by coagulation, using the following combination of RRand ferric chloride doses: 5% RR and 50 mg/L of ferric chloride; and, 15% RR and 28 mg/Lof ferric chloride. Includes 6 references, tables, figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/17/2005 Number of Pages: 15File Size: 1 file , 1.2 MB