Examination of pulverized waste recycled glass as filter media in slow sand filtration. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:649569

Piccirillo, J B; Letterman, R D

The purpose of this study was to investigate the pulverization of waste recycled glass to produce glass sand for slow sand filters. Pulverization experiments were performed using a fail mill pulverizer. The glass sand product from the pulverizer meets the size distribution requirements of ASTM-C-33 without size distribution adjustment. The size distribution must be adjusted to meet the grain size distribution requirements of the Ten States Standards and the USEPA for filter media used in slow sand filters. Pulverized glass that meet slow sand filter media specifications is an effective alternative to silica sand as a filter media for slow sand filtration. Three pilot plant slow sand filters with glass sand filter media were compared to a fourth filter containing silica sand filter media. Over an 8 month period of continuous operation, the performance of the glass sand filter media was as good or better than the silica sands, with removals of 56% to 96% for turbidity; 99.78% to 100.0% for coliform bacteria; 99.995% to 99.997% for giardia cysts; 99.92% and 99.97% for cryptosporidium oocysts. Based on a cost-benefit analysis, converting waste glass into filter media may be economically advantageous for recycling facilities.

• Research Organization: Syracuse Univ., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NY (United States); New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States); Monroe County Div. of Solid Waste, Rochester, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 649569
• Report Number(s): PB--98-158959/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RECYCLING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
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