This abstract presents a laboratory study of a coagulation/flocculation process on an urban snow melt mixture. Coagulation/flocculation is ubiquitous in water treatment, but has seen little use in the stormwater context. Using a jar-test procedure five different chemicals are evaluated as primary coagulants and their treatment performance on urban snow melt with respect to solids removal and me...

Carbon cycling and the availability of organic carbon for nutrient removal processes are in most wastewater treatment systems restricted by the rate of hydrolysis of slowly biodegradable (particulate) organic matter. To date, the mechanisms of hydrolysis are not well understood for complex substrates and mixed populations. Most mathematical models use a simple one-step process to describe hydro...

Several attempts have been made at the removal of specific pathogens from the intestinal microflora using either bacteriophages or "predatory" bacteria such as Bdellovibrio spp. To date these attempts have had mixed success. A mechanism explaining these findings based on competitive hindrance by non-prey, or decoy species is put forward. It is shown that this hindrance tends to damp out predato...

Distal embolization of particulate matter complicates percutaneous coronary and peripheral interventions more often than had been recognized until recently. A number of distal protection devices are under development. The PercuSurge GuardWiretrade mark is a balloon occlusion thrombectomy device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for saphenous vein graft intervention. A n...

The treatment and reuse of industrial wastewater plays a foremost role in succeeding environmental protection water security. electrochemical technology has attracted great deal attention because its compact, high particulate removal, free from chemicals, automation, minimum sludge generation. objective the study is to review existing literature on COD (Chemical oxygen demand) removal various e...

Coal-fired power plants in the United States may have to reduce their mercury emissions by up to 90% by 2007 2009 due to proposed regulations that could affect up to 1,100 utility boilers. Air pollution control system components such as electrostatic precipitators, baghouses, NOx reduction catalysts, SO2 scrubbers, and their various configurations in utility applications significantly impact me...