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UMass - MWRA Drinking Water Research Collaboration

9/1/90-present

PIs: Reckhow, Tobiason & Edzwald
Students: Many

The purposes of these studies has been varied and most have been in response to current needs of MWRA. Many of the earlier ones were in preparation for the design and construction of the Carroll Plant.

Funded Projects

• "Drinking Water Research Studies for Boston 's Pilot Treatment Program" [MWRA90] (James K. Edzwald, David A. Reckhow, PIs) CH2M Hill Consulting Engineers, 9/1/90-12/31/91. $150,015.

• "Evaluation of Organic Matter in the MWRA Drinking Water Distribution System," [MWRA97] (David A. Reckhow, PI; John E. Tobiason, James K. Edzwald, Co-PIs) Camp, Dresser & McKee, 2/12/97-11/30/98.
• “UV Disinfection of Wachusett Reservoir Water”, [MWRA00] (Robert Halsey, James P. Malley, David A. Reckhow, PIs) Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers and American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 12/1/2000-11/30/2002; $47,189 UMass share
• “UV Disinfection and Disinfection Byproduct Characteristics of Unfiltered Waters”, (William Bellamy, Tom Pearson, James P. Malley, David A. Reckhow, John Marrino, Robert Grob, PIs) CH2M Hill Consulting Engineers and American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 12/1/2000-11/30/2002, $517,905
• “Chloramine Stability in the MWRA System” [MWRA01] (David A. Reckhow, PI) Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 12/1/2001-11/30/2002.
• “Assessment of Ozonation on Taste and Odor Compounds”, (David A. Reckhow, PI), Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 8/1/2014-7/31/2015, $15,000; Task 3 in: “Water Quality in DCR Reservoirs 2014-2016”, (John Tobiason, Mi-Hyun Park and David Reckhow, PIs), MA Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection.
• “Strategies for Minimizing Adverse Impacts of an Oil Spill in Wachusett Reservoir on MWRA’s Finished Water,” [MWRA15] (David A. Reckhow, PI, John E. Tobiason, Co-PI), MWRA, 7/1/2015-6/30/2016, $97,568.

Key Integrated Project Data

 

Summary presentations based on this work

Theses/Dissertations based on this work

• Zhou, X. "Formation and Removal of Aldehydes in Drinking Water Treatment Processes," MS Thesis, February, 1993.
• Zhu, Q. "Evaluation of Selected Treatment Alternatives in Controlling Haloacetic Acid Formation," MS Thesis, May, 1993
• Byrnes, P.D. "Impact of Oxidant Exposure on the AOC Values of a Model Water," MS Thesis, February, 1995.

 

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