AWWA WQTC58795

Natural organic matter (NOM) has been shown to be one of the key water quality characteristics thataffects treatment processes. The elevated levels of NOM in Australian water supplies have resulted inpriority being given to research by the Australian Water Quality Centre (AWQC) to methods ofremoving NOM. This resulted in the development of a new process for NOM removal based on amagnetic ion exchange resin called MIEX® developed by the AWQC in collaboration with OricaWatercare and the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Both theMIEX® resin and process have been patented internationally. The MIEX® process has beenincorporated into two plants in Australia, a new 2.5 ML/day plant at Mt. Pleasant in South Australiaand into half of an established 225 ML/day conventional water treatment plant at Wanneroo inWestern Australia. The Mt. Pleasant plant incorporates two streams following the MIEX® process;one stream is conventional coagulation/filtration while the other is microfiltration. This paper outlinesthe resin process, provides results from the Mt. Pleasant plants and gives examples of some of thebenefits. Includes 9 references, tables, figures.

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Vol. - No.

Published:

11/02/2003

Number of Pages:

11

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1 file , 450 KB