Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) from Secondary Biologically Treated Wastewater Effluent Using Biofilters of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)

George Yuzhu Fu; Md Azizur Rahman

Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) from Secondary Biologically Treated Wastewater Effluent Using Biofilters of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)

George Yuzhu Fu, Md Azizur Rahman

Civil Engineering & Construction

Georgia Southern University

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Abstract

The effluent of conventional secondary biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) contains numerous contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, coming mainly from households and sanitary sewers which also carry stormwater. The goal of this study is to develop the innovative and cost-effective biofilters of GAC for removing CECs from secondary treated wastewater effluent, and thus to expand the areas of water reuse i.e. direct and indirect potable use. The specific objective of this study is to design, build, operate and monitor bench-scale biofilters of GAC on removal of the targeted CECs.

This presentation was given at the 2019 AWWA ACE19.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jun 1 2019
Event	2019 AWWA ACE19 - Duration: Jun 1 2019 → …

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Conference	2019 AWWA ACE19
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Keywords

Biofilters
CECs
Contaminants of emerging concern
Effluent
GAC
Granular activated carbon
Removal
Secondary biologically treated wastewater

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) from Secondary Biologically Treated Wastewater Effluent Using Biofilters of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)

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