Ultraviolet Disinfection for Wastewater-Low-Dose Application Guidance for Secondary and Tertiary Discharges

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. WEF members, Member Associations, and staff proudly work to achieve our mission to provide bold leadership, champion...

The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) is a non-profit organization with over 600 members representing UV professionals around the world. The vision of the organization is to make the use of ultraviolet technology a leading technology for public health and environmental applications, and to position IUVA as the leading authority on the use of...

The WEF Technical Practice Committee (formerly the Committee on Sewage and Industrial Wastes Practice of the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations) was created by the Federation Board of Control on October 11, 1941. The primary function of the Committee is to originate and produce, through appropriate subcommittees, special publications dealing with technical aspects of the broad...

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The Water Environment Federation Disinfection and Public Health Committee has specifically identified a gap in the guidance that is available for UV disinfection systems for low dose applications, which includes disinfection of secondary and tertiary wastewater effluent discharges. This special publication provides information for engineers and wastewater utilities interested in using UV for...

Introduction

Ultraviolet Disinfection Process Concepts and Equipment Systems

Bioassay Methods to Determine the Ultraviolet Dose (Fluence) Delivery of an Ultraviolet System

Innovations and Advances in Ultraviolet Reactor Analysis and Validation

Process Design and System Sizing

Equipment Selection, Facility Design, and Project Delivery

Ultraviolet Project Delivery, Startup, and Commissioning

Operational Considerations

Case Studies

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