Pilot scale evaluation of biofiltration as an innovative pre-treatment for ultrafiltration membranes for drinking water treatment

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Huck, P M ^a   Peldszus, S ^a   Halle C ^a   Ruiz, H ^a   Jin, X ^a   Van Dyke, M ^a   Amy, G ^b   Uhl, W ^c   Theodoulou, M ^d   Mosqueda Jimenez, D B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GE Water & Process Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backwashing; Biofiltration; Biopolymers; Drinking water; Organic fouling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER;

BACK WASHING; BIOFILTRATION PRETREATMENT; FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; ORGANIC FOULING; PILOT SCALE EVALUATION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; SCOUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; COLOR; CONDUCTANCE; EVALUATION; FOULING CONTROL; HARDNESS; MEMBRANE; OZONATION; PH; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79955652859     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.004     Document Type: Article

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