MIEX treatment of drinking water and municipal solid waste residuals

Katherine C. Graf, Treavor H. Boyer, Sarah E.H. Comstock, Timothy G. Townsend

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Abstract

Membrane fouling, increasing the recovery of membrane processes, and treatment and disposal of membrane concentrate are major challenges for water utilities, especially because membrane concentrate can have high concentrations of inorganic salts and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). To increase the recovery of membrane processes, membrane concentrate can be treated and then passed through the membrane for a second time. To achieve this, membrane concentrate is typically treated by precipitation processes to remove the inorganic salts. DOC removal from membrane concentrate is often problematic. Magnetic ion exchange (MIEX) is commonly used for DOC removal in drinking water and therefore can be thought to do the same for membrane concentrate at higher doses. To understand how MIEX performs in high DOC water, preliminary work was conducted to evaluate MIEX treatment of municipal solid waste leachates (DOC > 500 mg/L). In this work, DOC removal by MIEX is explored for membrane concentrate and landfill leachate. 2010

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWater Quality Technology Conference and Exposition 2010
Pages2488-2496
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventWater Quality Technology Conference and Exposition 2010 - Savannah, GA, United States
Duration: Nov 14 2010Nov 18 2010

Publication series

NameWater Quality Technology Conference and Exposition 2010

Other

OtherWater Quality Technology Conference and Exposition 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySavannah, GA
Period11/14/1011/18/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Water Science and Technology

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