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Transport of bacteria and colloids in intermittent sand filters

Transport of bacteria and colloids in intermittent sand filters. Maria Auset, Arturo A. Keller, Francois Brissaud and Valentina Lazarova. Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. University of Montpellier II, France.

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Transport of bacteria and colloids in intermittent sand filters

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  1. Transport of bacteria and colloids in intermittent sand filters Maria Auset, Arturo A. Keller, Francois Brissaud and Valentina Lazarova Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara University of Montpellier II, France 229th ACS San Diego National Meeting

  2. Contaminated Water Supply ? Sewer line or Septic tank Vadose Zone Saturated Zone • Contaminants • Viruses • Bacteria Water Cycles of household water use → Transient unsaturated flow Air Sand grain

  3. Air Attached Inactivated Water Inactivated Inactivated Attached Solid Fate and Transport of Colloids Attached V Suspended Suspended

  4. Objective Investigate the effects of cyclic infiltration and draining events (transient unsaturated flow) on microorganism transport, in order to help predict removal of pathogenic bacteria in sand filters and natural porous media.

  5. Experimental setup Pore scale PDMS hydrophilic micromodels of realistic pattern of pore network. Pore diameters from 20 to 100 μm. Pore depth = 12 μm. Column scale 1.5 m sand (d60/d10=2.72) sequentially dosed with secondary effluent percolating in a single pass through the unsaturated porous medium. 200 μm 1.5 m

  6. Flushes Input Flow Time 0 Traced flush Tracer-free flushes Input Flow Time 0 Experimental conditions • Unsteady flow: Sequential applications of wastewater • Cycles: Micromodel:2 min injection/8 hr drainage Column:5 min infiltration/4 hr drainage • One unique application of tracers: - Soluble salt, NaI. - Escherichia coli, - 5 μm latex particles, followed by tracer-free applications. • Monitoring output tracer concentrations for 4 days.

  7. Experimental Setup

  8. Direction of flow Water Content: 41% Solid Water Air

  9. First Flush 12 sec after flush

  10. Water Content: 76% 26 sec after flush

  11. Water Content: 78% 38 sec after flush

  12. Water Content:78% 51 sec after flush

  13. Water Content: 79% 1 min 04 sec after flush

  14. Water Content: 80% 1min 12 sec after flush

  15. Water Content: 82% 1min 28 sec after flush

  16. Water Content: 83% 1min 39 sec after flush

  17. Water Content: 83% 1min 55 sec after flush

  18. Water Content: 84% 10 min 09 sec after flush

  19. Water Content: 68% 2 h 59 min after flush

  20. Water Content: 58% 3 h 49 min after flush

  21. Water Content: 55% 4 h 08 min after flush

  22. Water Content: 47% 4 h 51 min after flush

  23. Water Content: 43% 5 h 04 min after flush

  24. Second Flush 11 sec after flush

  25. 13 sec after second flush

  26. Water Content: 77% 23 sec after flush

  27. Water Content: 79% 1 min after flush

  28. Water Content: 80% 1 min 18 sec after flush

  29. Water Content: 82% 1 min 35 sec after flush

  30. Water Content: 83% 2 min after flush

  31. Water Content: 85% 2 min 28 sec after flush

  32. Water Content: 87% 5 min 49 sec after flush

  33. Key Findings • Sorption onto AWI and SWI is “irreversible”. • Colloids trapped in thin water films. • Colloids sorbed onto AWI can be transported • Along with the moving air bubble • As colloidal clusters • As water is remobilized

  34. Unsaturated column setup Pressure transducer Pump Data Acquisition System Bacteria suspension Wastewater solution Flowmeter Traced flush Tracer-free flushes Epi-fluorescent microscopy Input Flow Time 0

  35. Results

  36. Column results

  37. Key findings • Transport of bacteria and tracer is influenced by variations in water velocity and moisture content. • Advancement of the wetting front remobilizes bacteria either attached to the AWI or entrapped in stagnant pore water between gas bubbles leading to successive concentration peaks of bacteria in the effluent. • Microbial retention rate was high, 99.972 %. • Retention is due to reversible bacteria entrapment in stagnant regions and sorption onto the AWI and irreversible attachment onto SWI.

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