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Implementation of Biological Filtration for the Treatment of Cyanobacterial Metabolites

Emma Sawade Lionel Ho Daniel Hoefel Gayle Newcombe

9781780407548
90 pages
IWA Publishing
Overview
Specific issues investigated in this project were: Identifying the most effective substrate for optimum biofilm formation, and the range of operating conditions for optimum removals to be achieved; developing a standard suite of laboratory tests, both simulated filtration tests and genetic tests, to identify the potential of an existing filter to remove cyanobacterial metabolites; better understanding of the lag period prior to the onset of degradation of several metabolites; and the feasibility of artificially inoculating or “seeding” filters to enhance removal of the cyanobacterial metabolites. 

This book is co-published with Water Research Australia.