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Chittaranjan Ray
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University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, USA
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Gina Melin
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National Water Research Institute, Fountain Valley, USA
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Ronald B. Linsky
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National Water Research Institute, Fountain Valley, USA
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxvii
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Introduction
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- Chittaranjan Ray, Jüurgen Schubert, Ronald B. Linsky, Gina Melin
Pages 1-15
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Systems
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- Henry Hunt, Jürgen Schubert, Chittaranjan Ray
Pages 19-27
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- Stephen Hubbs, Kay Ball, David L. Haas, Michael J. Robison
Pages 49-59
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- Henry Hunt, Jürgen Schubert, Chittaranjan Ray
Pages 61-70
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Contaminant Removal
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- Jack Schijven, Philip Berger, Ilkka Miettinen
Pages 73-116
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- W. Joshua Weiss, Edward J. Bouwer, William P. Ball, Charles R. O’Melia, Harish Arora, Thomas F. Speth
Pages 147-173
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- Ingrid M. Verstraeten, Thomas Heberer, Traugott Scheytt
Pages 175-227
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- Hans-Joachim Mälzer, Jürgen Schubert, Rolf Gimbel, Chittaranjan Ray
Pages 229-259
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- Thomas F. Speth, Till Merkel, Alison M. Gusses
Pages 261-265
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Research, Needs
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Front Matter
Pages 279-279
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- Thomas Grischek, Dagmar Schoenheinz, Chittaranjan Ray
Pages 291-302
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- Jörg E. Drewes, R. Scott Summers
Pages 303-309
About this book
Chittaranjan Ray, Ph. D. , P. E. University of Hawaii at Mãnoa Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Jürgen Schubert, M. Sc. Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG Düsseldorf, Germany Ronald B. Linsky National Water Research Institute Fountain Valley, California, United States Gina Melin National Water Research Institute Fountain Valley, California, United States 1. What is Riverbank Filtration? The purpose ofthis book is to show that riverbank filtration (RBF) isa low-cost and efficient alternative water treatment for drinking-water applications. There are two immediate benefits to the increased use of RBF: Minimized need for adding chemicals like disinfectants and coagulants to surface water to control pathogens. Decreased costs to the community without increased risk to human health. Butwhat,exactly, isRBF? In humid regions, river water naturally percolates through the ground into aquifers (which are layers of sand and gravel that contain water underground) during high-flow conditions. In arid regions, most rivers lose flow, and the percolating water passes through soil and aquifer material until it reaches the water table. During these percolation processes, potential contaminants present in river water are filtered and attenuated. If there are no other contaminants present in the aquifer or ifthe respective contaminants are present at lower concentrations, the quality of water in the aquifer can be ofhigher quality than that found in theriver. In RBF, production wells — which are placed near the banks ofrivers —pump large quantities ofwater.
