Biofiltration has become a prominent听pre-treatment process in drinking water treatment.听 Although ATP monitoring has been used successfully to quantify the biomass鈥� response to optimization measures such as nutrient supplementation and pre-oxidation, correlating these biomass changes to overall performance has been a challenge to date.
Recent research听done by EVEN听Ph.D. candidate Leigh Gilmore from the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 helps fill in this gap.听 The finding has taken biofiltration process modelling to another level听where operating parameters as well as biomass measurements using ATP analysis can now be used to mathematically predict total organic carbon (TOC) removal.
This published work,听which includes听an effective model for TOC removal will be presented at AWWA鈥檚 International Symposium on Biological Treatment听taking place from January 27-28 in Long Beach, California.