Performance of granular medium filtration and membrane filtration in treating storm water for harvesting and reuse

Kus, B; Johir, M; Kandasamy, J; Vigneswaran, S; Shon, HY; Sleigh, R; Moody, G

Performance of granular medium filtration and membrane filtration in treating storm water for harvesting and reuse

Kus, B Johir, M

Kandasamy, J Vigneswaran, S

Shon, HY

Sleigh, R Moody, G

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Citation:: Desalination and Water Treatment, 2012, 45 (1-3), pp. 120 - 127
Issue Date:: 2012-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kus, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johir, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-6943	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kandasamy, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vigneswaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8117-4322	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shon, HY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-7169	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sleigh, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Moody, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Desalination and Water Treatment, 2012, 45 (1-3), pp. 120 - 127	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1944-3994	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/22327
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses laboratory scale and pilot scale treatment systems used to in treat water from a stormwater canal in Carlton, Sydney. The laboratory scale pre-treatment systems investigated included flocculation, GAC filtration and fibre filter prior to laboratory scale steriflow stainless steel membrane filter. The results showed that these pre-treatments improved the quality of the filtrate as measured by the turbidity and TOC removal efficiency. The use of pre-treatment improved the TOC removal efficiency from 10% to 90%. Among the three pretreatment methods, GAC filter resulted in the highest TOC removal efficiency (88%). Pilot scale experiments were also carried out using stainless steel membrane filtration and GAC filtration at Carlton, Sydney. Pilot scale experiments showed that the Steri-Flow membrane filter treatment without any pre-treatment achieved an effluent filtrate turbidity of between 0.79-0.99 NTU which were well below the 5 NTU ADWG (2004) limit [1]. The influent raw stormwater had generally low concentrations of heavy metals. Following membrane filtration the concentration of all heavy metals were reduced to very low levels and well within the ADWG (2004) [1] limits. The membrane filter could not remove TOC in significant amounts. GAC adsorption used as post-treatment following Steri-flow membrane treatment effectively reduced the TOC influent feed levels. GAC filtration of stormwater provided a 70% removal of organics. It removed all types of organic. The GAC filter did not provide any further improvement to the turbidity level or heavy metal concentration following treatment with the Steri-flow membrane system. © 2012 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Desalination and Water Treatment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/19443994.2012.692018	en_US
dc.title	Performance of granular medium filtration and membrane filtration in treating storm water for harvesting and reuse	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1-3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	45	en_US
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utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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This paper discusses laboratory scale and pilot scale treatment systems used to in treat water from a stormwater canal in Carlton, Sydney. The laboratory scale pre-treatment systems investigated included flocculation, GAC filtration and fibre filter prior to laboratory scale steriflow stainless steel membrane filter. The results showed that these pre-treatments improved the quality of the filtrate as measured by the turbidity and TOC removal efficiency. The use of pre-treatment improved the TOC removal efficiency from 10% to 90%. Among the three pretreatment methods, GAC filter resulted in the highest TOC removal efficiency (88%). Pilot scale experiments were also carried out using stainless steel membrane filtration and GAC filtration at Carlton, Sydney. Pilot scale experiments showed that the Steri-Flow membrane filter treatment without any pre-treatment achieved an effluent filtrate turbidity of between 0.79-0.99 NTU which were well below the 5 NTU ADWG (2004) limit [1]. The influent raw stormwater had generally low concentrations of heavy metals. Following membrane filtration the concentration of all heavy metals were reduced to very low levels and well within the ADWG (2004) [1] limits. The membrane filter could not remove TOC in significant amounts. GAC adsorption used as post-treatment following Steri-flow membrane treatment effectively reduced the TOC influent feed levels. GAC filtration of stormwater provided a 70% removal of organics. It removed all types of organic. The GAC filter did not provide any further improvement to the turbidity level or heavy metal concentration following treatment with the Steri-flow membrane system. © 2012 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.

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