| Preface | vii |
| ADVANCES IN FILTRATION FOR MUNICIPAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT-I | |
| Existence and Significance of Particle Aggregation in Rapid Filtration | |
| Nigel Graham | 1 |
| Suspension Polydispersivity & Deposit Morphology As Related to Particle Removal in Granular Media | |
| Mark Wiesner | 5 |
| Direct Filtration of Polydisperse Suspensions | |
| John Tobiason | 9 |
| Particle Filtration in the Presence of Attractive Double Layer Interactions | |
| Menachem Elimelech | 13 |
| Effects of Iron Oxide Coatings on the Filtration Properties of Sand | |
| Susie Stenkamp | 17 |
| RESOURCE RECOVERY BY FLOTATION | |
| Application of Flotation Process in Waste Treatment | |
| Suren Mishra | 22 |
| Deinding of Recycled Paper by Froth Flotation | |
| Robert Stratton | 23 |
| Separation of Waste Glass from Municipal Solid Wastes by Froth Flotation | |
| Ashok Gupta | 24 |
| Flotation Separation of Mixed Plastics from Municpal Solid Wastes | |
| G. D. Hood | 29 |
| Some Uses of Froth Flotation for Metal Recovery of Metal-Containing Waste Streams | |
| R.R. Klimpel | 41 |
| Adsorptive Bubble Process for Waste Water Treatment | |
| K.T. Valsaraj | 42 |
| TESTING | |
| Expert System for Selecting Solid-Liquid Equipment | |
| Gordon Smith | 43 |
| On-Site Cartridge Testing | |
| John Hampton | 54 |
| Solid Phase Extraction Disks for the Analysis of Semivolatile Organic Pollutants in Water | |
| Craig Markell | 59 |
| Initial Bubble Point Theory and Practice | |
| Nicos Andreas | 62 |
| Impact of Latex Sphere Challenge Methodology on Rating of Submicron Membranes | |
| B.L. Green | 68 |
| The Use of Extended Bubble Point Profiles to Predict the Retention Perfomance of Membrane Filter Cartridges | |
| Hans Schroeder | 72 |
| ADVANCES IN FILTRATION FOR MUNICIPAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT - II | |
| Improvement of Filtration at Bozeman, Montana | |
| John Cleasby | 73 |
| Wastewater Filtration: Particle Size, Ripening and Breakoff | |
| Desmond Lawler | 77 |
| Particle Size Distribution in Filtration for Muncipal Water | |
| Avner Adin | 81 |
| Mechanisms of Particle Detachment During Filtration and Backwashing | |
| P. Raveendran | 87 |
| Fundamental Aspects of Fluidized Bed Crystallization for Softening | |
| Bruce Robinson | 94 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS - WASTE | |
| The Regulation of Minerals Industry Wastes Under RCRA | |
| Jon Stone | 98 |
| Contaminated Sediments Current Assessment and Management Approaches | |
| Catherine Fox | 99 |
| Controlling Runoff. An Overview of EPA's Regulation of Urban and Industrial Stormwater | |
| Daniel Murray, Jr | 100 |
| COMPLYING WITH THE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULES - ARE AMENDMENTS NEEDED FOR ENSURING BETTER FILTRATION PERFORMANCE? |
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| Characterization of Giardis and Cryptosporidium Removal in Drinking Water | |
| Mark LeChevallier | 106 |
| Filter to Waste - Is It Necessary? | |
| Appiah Amirtharajah | 111 |
| Removal of Cryptosporidium in Laboratory and Pilot Plant Studies | |
| Kim Fox | 112 |
| Measuring Performance of Alternative Filtration Technologies | |
| Ray Letterman | 116 |
| PARTICULATE PROCESSING BY FLOTATION | |
| Flotation of Phosphate Rock | |
| Hassan El-Shall | 120 |
| A Novel of Column Flotation Technique for Producing and Cleaning of Ultra-Fine Size Coal | |
| J. B. Groppo | 130 |
| Rapid Bubble-Pulp Separation for Improved Coal Flotation Kinetics | |
| C.E. Jordan | 137 |
| Flotation of Coarse Particles | |
| Brij Moudgil | 147 |
| Column Flotation: An Effective Method for Improving Fine Coal Quality | |
| G. H. Luttrell | 148 |
| Solution Surface Tension Control for the Flotation- Separation of Solids by the "Gamma Flotation Process" | |
| B. Yarar | 152 |
| FLOCCULATION AND DEWATERING | |
| A New Water-Treatment System | |
| Robert Steffero | 153 |
| A New Process for Rapid Dewatering and Consolidation of Phosphatic Clays | |
| Hassan El-Shall | 154 |
| A Study of Elutriation of Ultrafine Coal Particles | |
| Leocan Perez | 162 |
| Flocculation-Dewatering of Ultrafine Coal Slurries With a Hydrophobic Flocculant | |
| S. Yu | 166 |
| Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Aspects of Polymer Flocculation | |
| Yostry Attia | 167 |
| An Assessment of the Filter Aids Suitability for Difficult Sludges | |
| Adrian Barbulescu | 168 |
| DISINFECTION CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS IN DRINKING WATER | |
| Current Issues of Inactivation of Viruses in Drinking Water | |
| Mark Sobsey | 179 |
| Microbiological Disinfection Using Several New Point-of-Use Water Purification Procedures | |
| Steven Schaub | 180 |
| U.V. Disinfection of Drinking Water | |
| Mic Stewart | 185 |
| Cryptosporidium: Something for the Water Industry to Think About? | |
| Charles Sterling | 189 |
| Disinfection Control of Biofilm Bacteria | |
| Mark LeChevallier | 195 |
| Recent Developments in Water Disinfection Technologies Using Halogenated Resins | |
| Gary Hatch | 200 |
| INDUSTRIAL DEWATERING TECHNIQUES - I | |
| Introduction to the Uses of an Automatic Pressure Filter to Dewater and Wash Process Slurries | |
| Kevin Haggerty | 213 |
| RHA - A Surprising Effect Filter Aid | |
| Roy Rieber | 218 |
| Continuous Microfiltration of Activated Sludge Effluent: 12 Months Continuous Operation | |
| Vincent Olivieri | 224 |
| Continuous Microfiltration of Surface Water: 12 Months of Continuous Operation | |
| Vincent Olivieri | 233 |
| Dewatering Spent Filter Aid | |
| Tom Oberlin | 244 |
| Metal Filters vs. Disposable Filters - Economic and Environmental Considerations | |
| Mark Willingham | 245 |
| MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY | |
| An Overview of Performance Concerns | |
| Peter Cartwright | 249 |
| Removal of Microorganisms by Membranes | |
| Joseph Jacangelo | 258 |
| Causes and Controls of Biological Fouling | |
| Harry Ridegway | 265 |
| Overcoming Microbiological Concerns and Problems at Operating Plants | |
| Todd Faqua | 266 |
| NOVEL SLUDGE DEWATERING TECHNIQUES | |
| Filtration by Means of a 900 PSI Filter Press | |
| C.W. Lovelace | 267 |
| European Chemical Plants Lead the Way in the Application of Large Filter Presses | |
| Paul Scholtyssek | 268 |
| Optimum Feed and On-Line Slurry Conditioning in Filter Presses | |
| Werner Rummel | 272 |
| Membrane Filter Presses Receive Latest Empty Chamber Designs | |
| Robert Mathewson | 281 |
| The Verti-Press - A Novel Membrane Filter Press | |
| Scott Bratten | 287 |
| High Solids Decanter Centifuge for Very Dry Sewage Sludge | |
| Wally Leung | 288 |
| A Novel Approach to Dewatering of Hazardous Oil Refining Wastes | |
| Yisun Cheng | 308 |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION | |
| Improved Formulas for Constant Pressure Filtration | |
| Frank Tiller | 309 |
| The Numerical Modeling of Dehydration in a Rotary Press | |
| A. Poulin | 310 |
| Engineering Science and Fluid/Particle Separation | |
| George Chase | 314 |
| Modeling of the Capillary Suction Time of Kaolin Slurries Using Chemometrics | |
| Sandeep Sharma | 319 |
| Compaction of Filter Cakes | |
| Frank Tiller | 327 |
| Simulation of Compressible Cake Filtration with Available Porosity and Pressure Variations Along the Cake Thickness | |
| Nelly Abboud | 332 |
| Modeling Compressible Cake Filtration with Uncertainty | |
| S.A. Wells | 351 |
| REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS | |
| Heavy Metals Removal from Wastewaters/Groundwaters with duPont/Oberlin Microfiltration Technology | |
| Ernie Mayer | 355 |
| Effect of Metal Ion and Surfactant Addition on Vacuum Filtration of Fine Coal | |
| J. B. Groppo | 356 |
| Investigation Into the Application of Tube Press to Dewater Coal Flotation Concentrate | |
| Roger Sturt | 367 |
| Experimental Study of Metal Ion Adsorbent for the Polishing of Conventional Waste Treatment System Discharges | |
| Gary Bendixen | 368 |
| HIV in Wastewater: Recovery and Survivability | |
| Leonard Casson | 377 |
| Removal of Heavy Metals as Magnetic Material in Process Wastewater | |
| L. Zhang | 378 |
| INDUSTRIAL DEWATERIN'G TECHNIQUES - III | |
| Oilfield Brine and Other Practical Applications of Crosslow Dynamic Membrane Technology | |
| Gary Bartman | 379 |
| Dewatering of Metal Finishing Wastes | |
| John Trautmann, Jr | 395 |
| Radioactive and Hazardous Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Stabilization by Filtration | |
| H. Lee Martin | 405 |
| High Pressure Filtration of Fine Particle Slurries | |
| Roger Sturt | 411 |
| Ultrasonic Seam Welding of Non-Wovens Eliminates Seam Leakage and Reduces Particulate Build-Up | |
| David Healey | 412 |
| Membrane Press Dewatering of Hazardous Sludges | |
| Ernie Mayer | 419 |
| Fluid Particle Mechanics During Papermaking Operations | |
| Bandaru Ramarao | 420 |