Caroline E. Scruggs, Catherine M. Heyne, Kellin N. Rumsey
{"title":"Understanding questions and concerns about potable water reuse: An analysis of survey write-in responses","authors":"Caroline E. Scruggs, Catherine M. Heyne, Kellin N. Rumsey","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1333","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Urban centers around the world are grappling with the challenges associated with population increases, drought, and projected water shortages. Potable water reuse (i.e., purification of municipal wastewater for reuse as drinking water) is an option for supplementing existing water supplies. Public perception research on potable water reuse has predominantly employed surveys with multiple-choice questions that constrain survey respondents to describe their concerns by choosing from several response options. This research examines hundreds of write-in responses to a large public survey in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide a detailed analysis of residents' questions and concerns about potable water reuse. Findings demonstrate that allowing respondents to voice their actual concerns adds richness and nuance that cannot be obtained from multiple-choice response data alone. Especially with controversial resource considerations, such as potable water reuse, planners would benefit from a full understanding of the problem before engaging with the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1333","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50136333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William R. Morales Medina, Priscilla To, Malcolm Taylor, Caroline Nguyen, Nicole L. Fahrenfeld
{"title":"Acclimation, manganese removal, and backwash impact on full-scale drinking water biofilter microbiome","authors":"William R. Morales Medina, Priscilla To, Malcolm Taylor, Caroline Nguyen, Nicole L. Fahrenfeld","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1334","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biofiltration for drinking water treatment has several water quality benefits but questions remain about biofilter start-up in temperate climates where temperature and water quality changes can impact performance. A year-long full-scale demonstration was performed with biofilters operated in parallel to chlorinated filters to (O1) monitor the development of the biofilter microbiota across the acclimation period with respect to removal of Mn and total organic carbon, and (O2) determine the impact of depth and backwash events on the microbial community composition and function. Biofilter media biomass increased for the first 6 months of operation and after about 9 months the biofilters achieved comparable Mn removal to the chlorinated filters. Prokaryotic diversity decreased when the water temperature dropped. Backwash resulted in an increase in microbial diversity deeper in the biofilter. By the next sampling (30 h post backwash), 16S rRNA gene copies were again more abundant in the upper layers. Metagenomic sequencing confirmed the presence of <i>mox</i>A and <i>mof</i>A, Mn oxidizing genes. The results presented can help inform expected performance of full-scale biofilters in temperate climates.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1334","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50151927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of cyanobacteria and their taste and odorous metabolites in the lower River Murray: 2000–2022","authors":"Florence Choo, Emma Sawade, David Cook","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1328","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cyanobacteria continue to contribute to the taste and odor issues (T&O) in the lower River Murray. A review on the cyanobacteria and T&O data collected in the last 22 years showed that there has been a shift in cyanobacterial community and subsequent T&O profiles. The increased numbers and changes in cyanobacteria occurrence have likely influenced the resultant T&O profiles. T&O challenges started occurring more frequently post-2015. Although the river has historically been affected by geosmin challenges, up to 999 ng/L of geosmin and 155 ng/L of 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) concentrations that have been detected along the river. Findings from this study showed that of the 22 water treatment plants investigated, the more advanced ultrafiltration membrane and granular activated carbon system treatment plants were able to mitigate most of the T&O challenges whereas the conventional water treatment plants were more likely to have T&O breakthrough instead.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1328","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50122966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthony R. Prestigiacomo, Rebecca M. Gorney, James B. Hyde, Courtney Davis, Aimee Clinkhammer
{"title":"Patterns and impacts of cyanobacteria in a deep, thermally stratified, oligotrophic lake","authors":"Anthony R. Prestigiacomo, Rebecca M. Gorney, James B. Hyde, Courtney Davis, Aimee Clinkhammer","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1326","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cyanobacterial blooms are a concern in oligotrophic lakes because these systems are often used for multiple purposes (i.e., recreation and public water supplies). Monitoring cyanobacteria impacts is challenging in such cases because of low and heterogeneous concentrations over time, space, and depth. Canandaigua Lake (New York State) is oligotrophic, but has been impacted by blooms since at least the early 2000s, with limited quantification. This study integrated data from established shoreline surveillance and inter-agency monitoring programs to connect lake processes and evaluate use impacts. Surveys at open-water locations were conducted to investigate the origination, timing, and magnitude of cyanobacterial bloom development. Impacts on recreation and source water were caused by blooms originating in the epilimnion that moved to shorelines and intake depths. The integration of multiple monitoring programs was critical to understanding impacts. The methods developed here can be adopted to other cases of large, deep, low-nutrient lakes.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1326","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50147392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summer odors to winter blooms: Treatment validation in the lower River Murray","authors":"Florence Choo, Emma Sawade, David Cook","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1330","url":null,"abstract":"A 12‐event survey of 8 water treatment plants (WTPs) was conducted to determine the impact of the 2021 summer (January) to winter (August) cyanobacterial challenge on WTP performance. High cyanobacterial numbers (>20,000 cells/mL) and high taste and odor (T&O) concentrations (>100 ng/L) were encountered. The summer to winter transition of this cyanobacterial challenge also saw the proliferation of Pseudanabaena blooms which challenged conventional WTPs and a breakthrough of cells was detected. This required further investigation into optimizing Pseudanabaena removal in WTP processes. WTP sampling determined that the sludge lagoons provided conducive conditions for cell accumulation and metabolite release. These cells and T&O compounds were recycled back into the head of the WTP through the supernatant return flows. In the most extreme case, 512 ng/L of T&O compounds was detected in the supernatant return. This study highlighted the need to understand the potential risks that treatment plants can encounter and ensure appropriate management during and after cyanobacterial events.","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1330","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50154991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the efficacy of copper-silver ionization for management of Legionella: Recommendations for optimal use","authors":"Mark LeChevallier","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1327","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although copper-silver ionization (CSI) has been used for 30 years to inactivate <i>Legionella</i> bacteria and other opportunistic pathogens in water, the literature is a mix of both successes and failures. This paper reviews the technology and case studies to help improve the success of CSI installations. Important is a properly designed system capable of consistent delivery of copper/silver ions at their target levels. However, even the most advanced system will fail if not properly operated and maintained. Water chemistry can impact the performance of CSI systems and attention should be on conductivity, temperature, oxygen, flow, pH, chloride, sulfate, alkalinity, hardness, phosphate and dissolved organic carbon levels. Several case studies are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of CSI treatment even at high pH levels. The report concludes that the use of CSI to control <i>Legionella</i> and other opportunistic pathogens is highly effective when the units are properly designed, maintained, and operated.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1327","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50144847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ai Jia, Matthew D. Prescott, Yingbo C. Guo, George D. Di Giovanni, Wei L. Li, Eduardo A. Garcia, Jonathan Zapata, Samuel D. Patton, Brett J. Vanderford, Andrew D. Eaton
{"title":"Variabilities in commercial cyanotoxin standards","authors":"Ai Jia, Matthew D. Prescott, Yingbo C. Guo, George D. Di Giovanni, Wei L. Li, Eduardo A. Garcia, Jonathan Zapata, Samuel D. Patton, Brett J. Vanderford, Andrew D. Eaton","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1332","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cyanotoxin standards are commercially available from various suppliers. To investigate the potential impact of different sources on the comparability of cyanotoxin monitoring results among different methods and studies, this study evaluated the quality of 86 cyanotoxin standards from nine vendors via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Substantial variabilities between vendors (up to 60%) and between lots (up to 98%) were observed for most of the standards. In addition, some of the microcystin standards had up to 11% of other microcystins as impurities. Compared to non-certified analytical standards, certified standards showed much better agreement, with standards variations below 15% for all tested toxins. This study highlights the importance of developing and applying unified and certified standards for cyanotoxin analysis to improve the consistency and comparability of results. If different sources/lots of standards are used, they need to be cross-checked to evaluate the potential impacts on results.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1332","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50144856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geospatial model of composition of water service lines in Flint, Michigan: Validation using excavation data and a new compositional geostatistical approach","authors":"Pierre Goovaerts","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1331","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Following the Flint drinking water crisis, a service line (SL) replacement program was implemented to replace lead SLs and galvanized SLs connecting residences to Flint's water system, leading to the excavation and inspection over a 5-year period (2016–2020) of a total of 26,750 lines, representing close to 50% of all tax parcels in the City of Flint. These recent data were used to validate an earlier geospatial model created by residual indicator kriging (IK) to predict the probability that a home has a lead, galvanized, or copper private-side SL based on neighboring house inspections (i.e., 3254 homes visited in 2017) and secondary information (i.e., built year and city records on SL composition). Receiver operating characteristic curves indicated an average frequency of detection (i.e., area under the curve [AUC]) of 0.9 for copper and galvanized material and 0.6 for lead service lines. Predicting the composition of SL at unmonitored residences by IK, however, can result in negative probabilities of occurrence and probabilities that do not sum to 1. These limitations were overcome by adopting simplicial IK, whereby data undergo a logratio transform before the geospatial analysis. This first application of a compositional approach to SL data improved the detection of lead SLs (AUC = 0.8 vs. 0.6) while providing coherent predictions. Incorporating secondary information, in particular using standardized cokriging and a new rescaled cross-semivariogram estimator introduced to correct for geographical clustering of house inspections, increased the accuracy of the prediction.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1331","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50154008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A literature review of bench top and pilot lead corrosion assessment studies","authors":"Christina Devine, Simoni Triantafyllidou","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1324","DOIUrl":"10.1002/aws2.1324","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bench top and pilot lead corrosion studies are gaining more interest, considering revisions and upcoming improvements to the Lead and Copper Rule. This literature review identified studies ranging from simpler month(s)-long bench top dump-and-fill stagnant water tests (coupon tests/standing pipe tests) to more complicated year(s)-long intermittent flow pilot studies (recirculating pipe loops/once through pipe rigs). With increasing complexity in design and operation, studies more closely approximated real plumbing conditions (e.g., by incorporating harvested lead pipes and intermittent flow regimes) at increased cost, footprint, and duration. Comparison of bench top and pilot designs (in terms of lead test piece age/dimensions/configuration/replicates, study duration, sample collection, and other factors) can assist drinking water utilities, consultants, academics, and others to select a design that matches their needs and constraints. No matter the choice, surrogate systems cannot replace actual system water testing and are best complemented by other corrosion assessment tools.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1324","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9946055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaycie Lane, David Reckhow, John Tobiason, Emily Kumpel
{"title":"Triple-bottom-line approach for comparing point-of-use/point-of-entry to centralized water treatment","authors":"Kaycie Lane, David Reckhow, John Tobiason, Emily Kumpel","doi":"10.1002/aws2.1320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1320","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Small drinking water systems in the United States often suffer from repeated Safe Drinking Water Act water quality violations that necessitate upgrades to the existing centralized systems to achieve compliance. Community water systems (CWSs) need to evaluate the tradeoffs between public health, environmental and economic impacts when choosing these system improvements. This study developed the input and output components of a triple-bottom-line methodology to compare two alternatives: (1) installing a centralized treatment upgrade or (2) a point-of-use/point-of-entry device over a 30-year period, using a health exposure assessment specific contaminants, life cycle analysis of environmental impacts improvement, and life cycle costing to account for the useful life of components and the number of households served by a CWS. We present recommendations and considerations for future usage of the triple-bottom-line approach methodology.</p>","PeriodicalId":101301,"journal":{"name":"AWWA water science","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aws2.1320","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50119645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}