在过去的几年里，已经发展出了测量饮用水中易生物降解有机物（BOM）的技术。表达这些测量值的一种方式是可同化有机碳（AOC）的浓度。本文介绍了阿尔塔州埃德蒙顿生物处理中试研究中获得的数据。，使用van der Kooij AOC方法。中试规模的调查集中在生物处理过程中BOM的形成和去除。评估的重要操作变量包括臭氧剂量、过滤器和GAC水力负荷以及GAC接触时间。 臭氧氧化后AOC浓度预计会增加，但也观察到一些抑制作用。在双介质过滤器中，较低的液压负载导致更好的AOC去除。颗粒活性炭处理后，AOC水平通常很低。在缺乏广泛接受的成品水中AOC标准的情况下，提出了几个标准，并用于评估电厂性能。包括20个参考文献、表格和图表。

Within the last few years techniques have been developed to measure the easily biodegradable organic material (BOM) in drinking water. One way of expressing these measurements is as concentration of assimilable organic carbon (AOC). This article presents data obtained in a pilotplant study of biological treatment in Edmonton, Alta., using the van der Kooij AOC method. The pilot scale investigation focused on the formation and removal of BOM in a biological treatment process. The important operating variables evaluated were ozone dosage, filter and GAC hydraulic loading, and GAC contact time. Expected increases in AOC concentrations were seen following ozonation, but some inhibition was also observed. In the dual-media filters, lower hydraulic loading led to better AOC removals. AOC levels were generally quite low following granular activated carbon treatment. In the absence of broadly accepted criteria for AOC in finished water, several criteria were proposed and used to evaluate plant performance. Includes 20 references, tables, figures.