Sunday, 24 November 2019
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Auditorium between Bldg. 4&5, level 0, room 0215
“Limitations of Indirect Potables Reuse and Expansion into New Regions”
Presented by Prof. Peter Fox, Professor and Graduate Program Chair, Arizona State University.
Abstract
Indirect potable reuse is becoming an integral part of more water supplies as the mechanisms behind the technology have become more clearly understood. An indirect potable reuse system consists of above ground water reclamation, groundwater recharge with the reclaimed water, recovery of the reclaimed water through groundwater wells and post-treatment. During groundwater recharge, natural processes are driven by microbial transformations that remove the majority of organics. In addition, the natural processes decrease the dissolved organic concentrations to acceptable levels and transform the organic carbon such that it cannot be distinguished from natural organic matter in terms of structure and function. (Drewes et al., 2006). [read more]
About the speaker
Dr. Peter Fox is presently employed as a Professor of Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University for 30 years and he currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair of the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment for 30 years. He was director of the National Center for Sustainable Water Supply for 8 years where he leads efforts to revise Indirect Potable Reuse guidelines and regulations. His professional interests are primarily in water reuse, biological treatment processes and combined biological/adsorptive systems. He has focused his work on natural treatment systems, groundwater recharge and biofiltration. He is a four-time recipient of the Quentin Mees Research Award from the AZWater Association. Dr. Fox was awarded the Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the Water Environment Federation in 2016.
Dr. Fox served on the National Academy of Science ad-hoc committee that published the National Research Council report entitled “Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water” in 2008. Dr. Fox also authored the groundwater recharge chapter in the Metcalf and Eddy textbook on water reuse. In addition, Dr. Fox was an executive committee member for the development of the national roadmap for desalination and water purification. This was a congressionally mandated effort between the United States Bureau of Reclamation and Sandia National Laboratories.
