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Integrating UV Disinfection into Existing Water Treatment
Integrating UV Disinfection into Existing Water Treatment Author:Christine Cotton, Laurel Passantino, Douglas Owen, Mark Bishop, Matthew Valade, William Becker, Roopesh Joshi, John Young, Mark LeChevallier, Rich Hubel The EPA addresses UV disinfection in the proposed Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) for inactivation of Cryptosporidium (USEPA, 2003a). This research report addresses issues not covered by the EPA's upcoming manual: whether UV light or other technologies should be installed to meet regulatory requirements; a step-by-... more »step approach for evaluating implementation issues or estimating UV disinfection capital and operations costs; and an in-depth evaluation of potential failure modes and how to address critical process control points.« less