This powerpoint presentation begins by presenting research objectives for completed work and work in progress. Objectives for completed work include:
identifying the impacts of total suspended solids and colloidal
natural organic matter on short- and long-term membrane fouling
rates;
determining the doses of aluminium sulphate and ferric chloride
that maximized total phosphorus removal at the benchscale, and
then determining the efficacy of these doses when applied at the pilot
scale through in-line addition; and,
evaluating the impact of coagulant pretreatment of the secondary
effluent feed source on fouling rates and transmembrane pressure
loss.
Objectives for work in progress include:
determining the fate mechanisms of endocrine disrupting
compounds (EDCs) during tertiary membrane treatment through
quantitative chemical analyses and bioassays (yeast estrogenicity
screening [YES] and sex-specific binding protein [SSBP] test. The research setup of an ultrafiltration (UF) pilot at the Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), Ontario, Canada, is presented, along with membrane specifications, UF and phosphorus removal, UF fouling, and UF and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds. Includes 26 references, figures.