물 연구 재단 (WRF)는, 물 지역 사회를 지원하는 연구 홍보에 초점을 맞춘 두 개의 새로운 먹는물 재사용 연구 프로젝트를 공식적으로 시작했다. 이번 프로젝트 개막은 산타 클라라 밸리 물 지역 물 정화 센터에서 2015년 1월 공식적인 시작을 알렸다.1990년 후반 WRF 물 재사용 프로젝트 이후 최신 시리즈이다.

 

산타 밸리 물 지역 COO Jim Fiedler는 " 이와 같은 연구 프로젝트는 식수 재사용 및 간접적인 식수 재사용이 이동하는 방법에 대한 규제를 알리며 이러한 시스템의 안정성과 신뢰성을 달성 할 수 있다"며 "우리는 간접 및 직접적인 먹는물 재사용을 프로젝트의 성장을 위해 필요한 물 공급 장치을 추가하고 더 많은 정보와 자원을 지원할 것"이라고 밝혔다.

 

 

 

The Water Research Foundation (WRF), a sponsor of research supporting the water community, has launched two new potable reuse (PR) research projects focused on supporting PR blending operations and demonstrating the safety of PR to protect health. The projects, which officially kicked off at a January 2015 workshop hosted at the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, are the latest in a series of water reuse projects sponsored by WRF since the late 1990s.

 

"Research projects like these are essential to inform regulators on how to move from indirect potable reuse to potable reuse to ensure that the safety and reliability of these systems can be achieved," said Jim Fiedler, Santa Clara Valley Water District COO. "Santa Clara County will continue to grow, and we'll secure the additional water supply needed to support that growth through conservation and water recycling, including indirect and direct potable reuse. The more information and resources these types of projects provide, the better informed utilities can be to meet their community's needs head on."

 

The following describes the two new direct PR project overviews:

 

"Blending Requirements for Water from Direct PR Treatment Facilities"

 

WRF Project #4536 is being led by Andrew Salveson from Carollo Engineers. PR could potentially be implemented in a variety of different ways, and one of the remaining research questions is where the best location is for this highly treated water to be blended with other supplies. Water produced from a PR facility could potentially be blended directly into the potable water distribution system, added upstream of a water treatment plant, or added directly within a treatment plant between various processes.

 

More information is needed about the impact of blending-to-treatment operations and water quality issues in the distribution system. With an estimated completion date of late 2016, this project will develop recommendations and guidance for the appropriate use of blending as part of a direct PR project. The blending assessment will include evaluations of treatment, impact of different water qualities and blending locations, summary of corrosion issues, and the impact on engineered storage buffer design.

 

"Assessment of Techniques for Evaluating and Demonstrating Safety of Water from Direct PR Treatment Facilities"

 

(WRF Project #4508), scheduled for completion in early 2017, will create a guidance framework of methods and techniques that water utilities and regulators can use to demonstrate the safety of PR water. Led by Channah Rock from the University of Arizona, this project will help facilitate a proactive PR monitoring process that is protective of public health.

 

"These projects are imperative to helping utilities generate a reliable source of clean water from potable reuse when other water supplies alone aren't sufficient or sustainable," said Rob Renner, WRF executive director. "The Water Research Foundation is firmly committed to working with the water community to ensure that water provided through potable reuse will be as safe as water from any other source."

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 4월 8일]