Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Occurrence and Removal Through Bank Filtration in the Platte River, Nebraska

Authors

Jason R. Vogel, United States Geological SurveyFollow
Larry B. Barber, United States Geological Survey
Tyler B. Coplen, United States Geological Survey
Ingrid M. Verstraeten, United States Geological Survey
Thomas F. Speth, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Jerry Obrist, City of Lincoln Water System
Win Butler, McGill University

Date of this Version

2003

Comments

Published in THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL RIVERBANK FILTRATION CONFERENCE: RIVERBANK FILTRATION: THE FUTURE IS NOW! PROGRAM & ABSTRACTS, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 16-19, 2003.

Abstract

The USGS, USEPA, and City of Lincoln Water System (Nebraska) have conducted a study to determine the occurrence and removal of EDTA, NTA, and nonylphenol monoethoxycarboxylate to nonylphenol pentaethoxycarboxylate (NP1EC-NP5EC) in the hydrologic system at the City of Lincoln well field. The objective of the study is to evaluate the occurrence and removal of EDTA, NTA, and total nonylphenolpolyethoxycarboxylate (NPEC) by bank filtration at the City of Lincoln well field. This presentation will discuss removal during two sampling periods — May and August 2002 — based upon surface-water fractions in the collector well calculated using stable isotope ratios of hydrogen and oxygen.