Experimental evaluation of cationic polyelectrolytes for removing natural organic matter from water

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Bolto, Brian ^a   Abbt Braun, Gudrun ^b   Dixon, David ^a   Eldridge, Rob ^a   Frimmel, Fritz ^b   Hesse, Sebastian ^b   King, Simon ^a   Toifl, Melissa ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alum plus polyelectrolyte; Cationic polyelectrolytes; Clays; Metal oxides; Primary coagulation; Size exclusion chromatography

Indexed keywords

ALUM; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS;

ADSORPTION; CLAY; COAGULATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYELECTROLYTES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYELECTROLYTE; REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032726491     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00642-3     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. American Water Works Association Research Foundation (1999). Reaction of polyelectrolytes with other water treatment chemicals and subsequent effects on water quality and operational efficiencies. Research Project #2509, American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver.
2. Amy, G. L. and Chadik, P. A. (1983). Cationic polyelectrolytes as primary coagulants for removing trihalomethane precursors. J. Am. Water Works Assoc., 75, 527-531.
3. Bolto, B. A. (1995). Soluble polymers in water purification. Prog. Polym. Sci., 20, 987-1041.
4. Bolto, B. A., Dixon, D. R., Gray, S. G., Ha, T. C., Harbour, P. J., Ngoc, L. and Ware, A. J. (1996). The application of soluble organic polymers in wastes treatment. Wat. Sci. Tech., 34(9), 117-122.
5. Bolto, B. A., Dixon, D. R., Eldridge, R. J. and King, S. J. (1998). The use of cationic polymers as primary coagulants in water treatment. In: Chemical Water and Wastewater Treatment V, H. H. Hahn, E. Hoffmann and H. Ødegaard (ed.), Springer, Berlin, pp. 171-185.
6. Bolto, B. A., Dixon, D. R., Eldridge, R. J., King, S. J. and Toifl, M. (1999). Cationic polyelectrolytes as primary coagulants in drinking water treatment. Proc. 18th Fed. Conv., Aust. Water & Wastewater Assocn., Adelaide, South Australia.
7. Coccagna, L. (1989). Direct filtration. In: Water, Wastewater, and Sludge Filtration, S. Vigneswaran and R. Ben Aim (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 57-78.
8. Croue, J. P., Martin, B., Deguin, A., and Legube, B. (1994). Isolation and characterisation of dissolved hydrophobic and hydrophilic organic substances of a reservoir water. Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water, Amer. Water Works Assocn., Denver, pp. 73-80.
9. Duguet, J.-P. and Mallevialle, J. (1997). Influence of NOM on water treatment. Proc. 21st Congress, International Water Services Association, Madrid, pp. SS13/8-13.
10. Edzwald, J. K. (1986) Conventional water treatment and direct filtration: treatment and removal of total organic carbon and trihalomethane precursors. In: Organic Carcinogens in Drinking Water, N. M. Rain, E. J. Calabrese and R. F. Christman (ed.), Wiley, New York, pp. 199-236.
11. Glaser, H. T. and Edzwald, J. K. (1979). Coagulation and direct filtration of humic substances with polyethyleneimine. Environ. Sci. Technol., 13, 299-305.
12. Huber, S. A. and Frimmel, F. H. (1994). Direct gel Chromatographic characterisation and quantification of marine dissolved organic carbon using high-sensitivty DOC detection. Environ. Sci. Technol., 28, 1194-1197.
13. Huber, S. A. and Frimmel, F. H. (1996). Size-exclusion chromatography with organic carbon detection (LC-OCD): A fast and reliable method for the characterisation of hydrophilic organic matter in natural waters. Vom Wasser, 86, 277-290.
14. Huber, S. A., Balz, A. and Frimmel, F. H. (1994). Identification of diffuse and point sources of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in a small stream (Alb, Southwest Germany) using gel filtration chromatography with high-sensitivty DOC detection. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 350, 496-503.
15. Jackson, G. E. (1980). Granular media filtration in water and wastewater treatment - Part 2. CRC Critical Reviews in Environmental Control, vol 11, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 1-32.
16. Jackson, M. B. and Bolto, B. A. (1990). Effect of ion exchange resin structure on nitrate selectivity. Reactive Polymers, 12, 277-281.
17. Owen, D. M., Amy, G. L., Chowdhury, Z. K. (1993). Characterisation of Natural Organic Matter and its Relationship to Treatability, American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, p. 6.
18. Perminova, I. V., Frimmel, F. H., Kovalevskii, D. V., Abbt-Braun, G., Kudryavtsev, A. V. and Hesse, S. (1998). Development of a predictive model for calculation of the molecular weight of humic substances. Water Research, 32, 872-881.
19. Rebhun, M., Fuhrer, Z. and Adin, A. (1984). Contact flocculation-filtration of humic substances. Water Research, 18, 963-970.
20. Schlauch, R. M. (1981). Coagulation for gravity type clarification and thickening. In: Polyelectrolytes for Water and Wastewater Treatment, W. K. Schwoyer (ed), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 91-144.
21. Sein, L. T., Varnum, J. M. and Jansen, S A. (1999). Conformational modelling of a new building block of humic acid: Approaches to the lowest energy conformer. Environ. Sci. Technol., 33, 546-552.
22. Vik, E. A. and Eikebrokk, B. (1989). Coagulation process for removal of humic substances from drinking water. In: Aquatic Humic Substances, I. H. Suffet and P. MacCarthy (ed), Adv. Chem. Series, vol 219, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, pp. 385-394.
23. Wong, S. and Carroll, T. J. (1999). NMR of natural organic matter. To be published.