Organic Wastewater Contaminants in source & finished water - NJA Completed
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The frequent occurrence of OWCs in streams, many of which are used as sources for drinking-water supplies, gives rise to concern over the potential for these compounds to occur in drinking water and, thus, the potential for adverse human- health effects due to chronic exposure to these compounds. Limited sampling conducted by the USGS indicate that some OWCs that occur in source streams are capable of surviving conventional water-treatment processes and occurring at low-level concentrations in finished drinking-water supplies (Frick and others, 2001; Stackelberg and others, 2003).
START DATE: 03-APR-2006
END DATE: 30-SEP-2011
PROJECT NUMBER: LJ00CH8
STUDY OBJECTIVES:
The specific objective of the study is to: determine the occurrence, concentration, and seasonal variation of OWCs in finished-water samples from NJAWC’s Elizabethtown Canal Road water-treatment facility. Results from this sampling study will be paired with the ongoing NAWQA study measuring the same OWCs in raw and finished water at the Raritan-Millstone facility. The combined data will be used to: determine how effective conventional and advanced water-treatment methods are at removing OWCs.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:
The frequent occurrence of OWCs in streams, many of which are used as sources for drinking-water supplies, gives rise to concern over the potential for these compounds to occur in drinking water and, thus, the potential for adverse human- health effects due to chronic exposure to these compounds. Limited sampling conducted by the USGS indicate that some OWCs that occur in source streams are capable of surviving conventional water-treatment processes and occurring at low-level concentrations in finished drinking-water supplies (Frick and others, 2001; Stackelberg and others, 2003). To date, however, relatively few studies have been published concerning the occurrence of OWCs in drinking-water supplies or the effectiveness of conventional and advanced water-treatment technologies at removing OWCs from raw-water supplies (Kummerer, 2001; Daughton, 2001). The specific objective of the study is to determine the occurrence, concentration, and seasonal variation of OWCs in finished-water samples from NJAWC’s Elizabethtown Canal Road water-treatment facility.
STRATEGY AND APPROACH:
The objectives of this proposal will be met by collecting samples of finished water from the Canal Road water-treatment facility and analyzing these samples for selected OWCs. Additional analyses for pharmaceuticals will also be conducted on samples collected as part of the NAWQA study from the Raritan-Millstone water-treatment facility. For the purposes of this study it will assumed that the raw water samples collected at the Raritan-Millstone intake are the same as raw water samples at the Canal Road intake, since the latter intake is only about 100 meters downstream of the former. However, because the Canal Road intake is near the confluence of the Millstone River, and may receive Millstone River water during periods of high flow, it will be necessary to collect 3 or 4 samples of raw water from the Canal Road intake during periods of high flow to determine if there are differences in the two water sources.
DISCLAIMER: This webpage contains information about completed or inactive projects from the NJ Water Science Center. It has been created for historical purposes and may be a utility to locate published information. This page should not be considered an authoritative source. You are encouraged to contact the NJ WSC for more current information.
The frequent occurrence of OWCs in streams, many of which are used as sources for drinking-water supplies, gives rise to concern over the potential for these compounds to occur in drinking water and, thus, the potential for adverse human- health effects due to chronic exposure to these compounds. Limited sampling conducted by the USGS indicate that some OWCs that occur in source streams are capable of surviving conventional water-treatment processes and occurring at low-level concentrations in finished drinking-water supplies (Frick and others, 2001; Stackelberg and others, 2003).
START DATE: 03-APR-2006
END DATE: 30-SEP-2011
PROJECT NUMBER: LJ00CH8
STUDY OBJECTIVES:
The specific objective of the study is to: determine the occurrence, concentration, and seasonal variation of OWCs in finished-water samples from NJAWC’s Elizabethtown Canal Road water-treatment facility. Results from this sampling study will be paired with the ongoing NAWQA study measuring the same OWCs in raw and finished water at the Raritan-Millstone facility. The combined data will be used to: determine how effective conventional and advanced water-treatment methods are at removing OWCs.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:
The frequent occurrence of OWCs in streams, many of which are used as sources for drinking-water supplies, gives rise to concern over the potential for these compounds to occur in drinking water and, thus, the potential for adverse human- health effects due to chronic exposure to these compounds. Limited sampling conducted by the USGS indicate that some OWCs that occur in source streams are capable of surviving conventional water-treatment processes and occurring at low-level concentrations in finished drinking-water supplies (Frick and others, 2001; Stackelberg and others, 2003). To date, however, relatively few studies have been published concerning the occurrence of OWCs in drinking-water supplies or the effectiveness of conventional and advanced water-treatment technologies at removing OWCs from raw-water supplies (Kummerer, 2001; Daughton, 2001). The specific objective of the study is to determine the occurrence, concentration, and seasonal variation of OWCs in finished-water samples from NJAWC’s Elizabethtown Canal Road water-treatment facility.
STRATEGY AND APPROACH:
The objectives of this proposal will be met by collecting samples of finished water from the Canal Road water-treatment facility and analyzing these samples for selected OWCs. Additional analyses for pharmaceuticals will also be conducted on samples collected as part of the NAWQA study from the Raritan-Millstone water-treatment facility. For the purposes of this study it will assumed that the raw water samples collected at the Raritan-Millstone intake are the same as raw water samples at the Canal Road intake, since the latter intake is only about 100 meters downstream of the former. However, because the Canal Road intake is near the confluence of the Millstone River, and may receive Millstone River water during periods of high flow, it will be necessary to collect 3 or 4 samples of raw water from the Canal Road intake during periods of high flow to determine if there are differences in the two water sources.
DISCLAIMER: This webpage contains information about completed or inactive projects from the NJ Water Science Center. It has been created for historical purposes and may be a utility to locate published information. This page should not be considered an authoritative source. You are encouraged to contact the NJ WSC for more current information.