Potential Uses of Riverbank Filtration for Regulatory Compliance

Authors

Stig Regli, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2003

Comments

Published by the National Water Research Institute.Copyright September 16-19, 2003, Riverbank Filtration.

Abstract

RBF may have its most general application for systems seeking compliance with the LT2ESWTR. On August 11, 2003, the USEPA proposed the LT2ESWTR and included provisions by which RBF could be used as one of the compliance options for providing Cryptosporidium removal credits (USEPA, 2003).While the USEPA has previously recognized (through guidance implementation decisions) that RBF is a technology that can achieve pathogen removal, the LT2ESWTR is the first United States drinking-water regulation that specifically recognizes RBF as a compliance technology option.