Sand filters are commonly applied in drinking water treatment and can efficiently remove suspended solids, organic matter, and microorganisms from source water. During the process, particulate matter ...

Researchers at University of North Carolina (UNC) are developing a "rapid sand" filter that can provide fresh, clean, and safe drinking water to millions in developing countries. Dr. James Amburgey, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 10, 2014 - Mineral coatings on sand particles actually encourage microbial activity in the rapid sand filters that are used to treat groundwater for drinking, according to a ...

As an efficient, inexpensive, low-tech way to treat water, new research could bring clean, safe drinking water to potentially millions upon millions of people. As an efficient, inexpensive, low-tech ...

The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago constructed a full-scale tertiary treatment facility at its Hanover Park plant to supply design, operating, and cost criteria. This paper is based ...

Washington: An efficient and inexpensive way to treat water could bring clean, safe drinking water to millions of people. The rapid sand filter system, which is being developed by James Amburgey, ...

Microbial ecology seeks to find out what forces shape and maintain the composition and structure of microbial communities; elucidate the origin of community and guild diversity and their link to ...