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George Carleton, Teresa J. Cutright. 2020: Evaluation of alum-based water treatment residuals used to adsorb reactive phosphorus. Water Science and Engineering, 13(3): 181-192. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2020.09.008
Citation: George Carleton, Teresa J. Cutright. 2020: Evaluation of alum-based water treatment residuals used to adsorb reactive phosphorus. Water Science and Engineering, 13(3): 181-192. doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2020.09.008

Evaluation of alum-based water treatment residuals used to adsorb reactive phosphorus

doi: 10.1016/j.wse.2020.09.008
Funds:  This work was supported by Ohio EPA 319 (Grant No. 17(H)EPA-17) and the Ohio Water Development Authority (Grant No. 80-17).
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  • Corresponding author: Teresa J. Cutright
  • Received Date: 2019-11-18
  • Rev Recd Date: 2020-04-05
  • Excess reactive phosphorus (PO4) in waterways can lead to eutrophication. A low-cost approach to reducing PO4 levels in surface water was evaluated using the alum-based water treatment residual (Al-WTR) or Al-WTR augmented with powdered activated carbon (PAC-WTR). Batch adsorption-desorption and continuous flow column experiments were performed to assess the specific adsorption capacities under various concentration and flow conditions. Both Al-WTR and PAC-WTR exhibited the ability to adsorb PO4. The overall, cumulative sorbed amount after a 28-d desorption step for Al-WTR was 33.93 mg/kg, significantly greater than the PAC-WTR value of 24.95 mg/kg (p < 0.05). The continuous flow column experiments showed a theoretical PO4 uptake of 9.00 mg/g for Al-WTR and 7.14 mg/g for PAC-WTR over 720 h. When surface water was used, the Al-WTR and PAC-WTR columns removed 67.4% and 62.1% of the PO4, respectively. These results indicated that Al-WTR was more effective for in-field evaluation.  

     

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