UMass Environmental Engineering Research Project

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UMass Environmental Engineering Research
ProjectControl of Manganese, Natural Organic
Matter and Disinfection By-Products for Mystic,
CT

• Principal Investigators
• John E. Tobiason, David A. Reckhow
• Sponsors
• Aquarion Water Company of CT
• Duration 04/06 05/08
• Synopsis Field, pilot and bench-scale
  investigations to optimize control of Mn removal
  while minimizing formation of disinfection
  by-products at the Deans Mill (surface water) and
  Lantern Hill (groundwater) drinking water
  treatment plants near Mystic, CT. .
• Graduate Students
• Allan Briggs (MS EVE 06), Jill Russell (MS EVE
  07), Anjuman Islam (PhD 10)
• Status Ongoing

• This study follows a prior five-year project,
  Distribution System Water Quality Modeling and
  Strategies for Control of Natural Organic Matter
  and Disinfection By-Products focused on the
  Aquarion Water Company plants in the Bridgeport
  and Stamford CT areas.