• Literature
  • NOM
  • DBPs
  • NOM
  • Analytical
  • Chloramines
• Systems
  • Drinking Water
  • Watersheds
• UMass Resources
  • Courses
    • CEE 577
    • CEE 680
    • CEE 684
    • CEE 772
  • Lab Instruments
• UMass Research
  • Water Treatment
    • Unregulated DBPs
    • Ferrate
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Natural Systems
• Other

 

Water Research Foundation (formerly AWWARF) Projects

1987-present

PIs: Reckhow, Tobiason, Edzwald, MH Park, C Park, Arcaro, Rosenfeldt
Students: Many

The purposes of these studies has been varied, but most have concerned DBPs, NOM, oxidants and PPCPs. Several of these were tailored collaborations with drinking water utilities and others were submited in response to a specific RFP.

Funded Research Projects

• "Validation of the Test Procedure: The Rapid Haloform Index" (David A. Reckhow, PI; James K. Edzwald, Co-PI) American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 1/1/87-6/30/88, $65,815.
• "A Simple Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of THMs in Drinking Water" [RF2] (David A. Reckhow, PI) American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 9/1/88-3/31/90, $65,613.
• "Use of Ozone as an Aid to Coagulation/Filtration" [RF3] (David A. Reckhow, James K. Edzwald, John E. Tobiason, PIs) American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 9/1/88-2/28/91, $200,595.
• “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.
• “Characterization of TOX Produced During Disinfection Processes” (David A. Reckhow and Patrick Hatcher, PIs) American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 11/1/2001-10/31/2004, $489,231.
• “Risk Based Prioritization of Disinfection Byproducts", ( Richard Bull , David A. Reckhow), Am. Wat. Wrks. Assn. Research Foundation, 10/1/2002-3/31/2005, $197,971.
• “Watershed Sources and Long-term Variability of BDOC and NOM as Precursors” (David A. Reckhow, Paula L. Rees, Klaus Nuesslein) Am. Wat. Wrks. Assn. Research Foundation, 11/1/2002-10/31/2005, $474,516.
• “Methods Development for Disinfection By-Products Associated with Cancer,” (Xing-Fang Li, Steve Hrudey, Richard J. Bull, David A. Reckhow, Andrew Humpage, Cynthia Joll, and Anna Heitz, PIs) American Water Works Association Research Foundation, 12/1/2007 – 11/30/2009, $534,000.
• “Establishing Guidelines for the Use of Ozone-GAC for Control of Endocrine Disruptors and Related Compounds in Water”, (David Reckhow, Kathleen Arcaro, PIs), Water Research Foundation & 15 utilities, 7/15/2008-12/30/2010, $97,000.
• “Fate of Non-regulated DBPs in Distribution Systems,” (David Reckhow, PI; Chul Park and William Mitch, Co-PIs) Water Research Foundation, 5/1/2010-10/31/2012, $679,310.
• “EDC/PPCP Benchmarking and Monitoring for Drinking Water Utilities”, (David Reckhow, PI; Mi-Hyun Park and Michael Lavine, Co-PIs), Water Research Foundation, 9/1/2010-12/1/2013, $850,000.
• “On-Line NOM Characterization: Advanced Techniques for Controlling DBPs and for Monitoring Changes in NOM Under Future Climate Change Scenarios,” (David Reckhow, PI) Water Research Foundation, Hazen & Sawyer, 9/1/2012-11/30/2013, $166,128.
• "Unintended Consequences of Implementing Nitrosamine Control Strategies", (Carolyn Russell, PI; David Cornwell & David A. Reckhow, co-PIs), Water Research Foundation, 08/1/2013-7/31/2015.

Book Projects Supported by WRF

• Ozone in Water Treatment: Application and Engineering, (1991); Langlais, B.R., D.A. Reckhow and D.R. Brink, Editors, , Lewis Publishers, Chelsea , MI (1991) ISBN 9780873714747.
• Organic Byproducts of Concern Produced by Drinking Water Treatment, (2017); M. Suffet, Z. Do Quang, A. Bruchet and D. Khiari, Editors (WRF project #4039)

Participating Water Utilities on WRF Projects

• MA: MWRA, Cambridge, Danvers, Falmouth, Foxboro, Springfield, Sudbury, Wellesley, Yarmouth
• NH: Manchester
• ME: Millinocket
• RI: Pawtucket, Providence
• NY: NYC
• NJ: Passaic Valley
• OH: Cincinnati
• MI: Ann Arbor, Monroe, Wyoming
• MN: Minneapolis
• ND: Grand Forks
• MO: East St. Louis
• TN: Knoxville
• GA: Fayette County
• SC: Charleston
• FL: Pinellas County
• LA: New Orleans
• TX: Dallas
• CO: Denver
• AZ: Goodyear
• CA: Contra Costa, EBMUD, Los Angeles, San Francisco

 

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