Efficacy of chitosan and other natural polymers in removing COD, TSS, heavy metals and pahs from municipal wastewater at Deer Island, Massachusetts. Technical report

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6716632

Murcott, S; Harleman, D R.F.

A series of tests was conducted at the Deer Island Primary Treatment Plant during the spring and summer of 1992 to determine the efficacy of chitosan and other natural polymers as coagulants, coagulant aids and flocculents in wastewater treatment. Prior to this undertaking, as part of the MIT Investigation of Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment at the MWRA Project, the efficacy of metal salts and synthetic polymers had been studied at Deer Island. Those tests provided the standard against which to measure the viability of natural polymer use in municipal wastewater treatment. The major conclusions of the chitosan and other natural polymers study for Deer Island wastewater are included.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Sea Grant Coll. Program
• OSTI ID: 6716632
• Report Number(s): PB-93-144343/XAB; MITSG-92-23; CNN: NA90AA-D-SG424
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--92-205558 and PB--92-200930
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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