Using Activated Carbon to Remove Toxicity From Drinking Water Containing Cyanobacterial Blooms

Autor: Falconer, Ian R., Runnegar, Maria T. C., Buckley, Tom, Huyn, Van L., Bradshaw, Peter
Zdroj: Journal - American Water Works Association; February 1989, Vol. 81 Issue: 2 p102-105, 4p
Abstrakt: Toxic blooms of cyanobacteria, including Anabaenaspecies, which are neurotoxic, and Microcystis, which is hepatotoxic, are becoming increasingly common in potable water sources. Normal flocculation and chlorination processes do not remove the toxicity. The laboratory and pilot‐plant experiments described in this article showed that the toxicity can be removed by both powdered and granular activated carbon, with and without chlorination, alum flocculation, and polyelectrolyte addition.
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