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This partnership is Congressionally funded through the Department of Energy and includes Sandia National Labs, American Water Works (AWWA) Research Foundation, and WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development. The partnership's mission in to research innovative arsenic removal technologies, demonstrate technology applicability, and evaluate the technology's cost effectiveness.
Department of Health, State of Washington.
Guidance Document for Arsenic Treatment for Small Water Systems. November 2005.
This document evaluates each of the EPA approved arsenic treatment systems for applicability to small water systems. The document then goes through a decision making tree for each treatment type and design considerations.
EPA - Small Water Systems Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/dw/smallsys.html
Introduction to EPA small systems research. Technical contacts are listed as well as a link to information on previous small system studies.
EPA - Arsenic in Drinking Water Facts
http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/arsenic/basicinformation.html
Basic information regarding arsenic in drinking water. Includes a description of what arsenic is, its health effects, and how arsenic enters drinking water sources. Information is also provided regarding arsenic in private wells, and testing and regulation of arsenic.
EPA - Nitrates in Drinking Water Facts
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/nitrates.html
Basic information regarding nitrates in drinking water. Includes a description of what nitrates are, their health effects, and how nitrates enter drinking water sources. Information is also provided regarding nitrates in private wells, and testing and regulation of nitrates.
US EPA Arsenic Treatment Technologies: Home
http://epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/dw/arsenic/tech/index.html
Provides information regarding the EPA's Arsenic Removal Technology Demonstration Program started in 2002. Lists of sites included in the demonstration project are provided as well as contact information. Links to research topics, collaboration, and goals & progress are provided.
US EPA Arsenic Treatment Technologies: Publications
http://epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/dw/arsenic/tech/pubs.html
Provides an extensive list of publications related to the EPA's Arsenic Removal Technology Demonstration Program. Publications include reports on individual technologies as well as site progress reports, final reports and fact sheets.
EPA Risk Management - Water Supply and Water Resources
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/research.htm
The US EPA has two links of this page related to arsenic. Explanations are copied directly from the website.
1. Arsenic Research - EPA’s research into implementing the new Arsenic Rule is an integrated, multidisciplinary program. It focuses on the development and evaluation of innovative methods and cost-effective technologies for improving the assessment and control of arsenic contamination.
2. Arsenic Treatment Technologies - EPA initiated the Arsenic Removal Technology Demonstration Program in 2002 to evaluate the performance, reliability, and cost of arsenic removal technologies and their effect on distribution systems. Two rounds of full-scale, commercially ready treatment technology demonstrations across the country provided states and water utility operators with important information about removing arsenic from their drinking water.
Water Online
http://www.wateronline.com/
Water Online is a database of fresh water and waste water products. If you type "arsenic" into the search engine on the toolbar to the left, all of the treatment options are shown. If you want to learn about a specific product, the search feature works well for that too. All of the literature provided are published by the individual companies selling their respective products.