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Pilot or full-scale studies <strong>for</strong> disinfection byproduct and precursor removaland control shall be per<strong>for</strong>med. Any full plant trial studies or modificationsto an existing treatment process shall be pre-approved by the department.<strong>Water</strong> treatment plants <strong>for</strong> which construction is begun after the effectivedate of this document shall be designed with clearwells and other plantfinished water storage sized to provide all of the required disinfectant contacttime, CT, after filtration. <strong>The</strong>se storage facilities must be baffled or otherwisedesigned to assure optimum detention and calculations submitted to supportthe basis of the design.4.4.6.1. Methods of controlling precursors at the source.a. Selective withdrawal from reservoirs. Varying depths maycontain lower concentrations of precursors at different times ofthe year. Analyses <strong>for</strong> chlorophyll A and B may be useful inselecting withdrawal locations and in controlling plankton.b. Plankton Control. Algae and their by-products act as disinfectionbyproduct precursors.1. Only algaecides approved by the department <strong>for</strong> use inpotable water may be used <strong>for</strong> algae control in drinkingwater sources. Equipment <strong>for</strong> routine sampling andmicroscopic examination of the source water shall beavailable to assure that over-treatment does not occur. <strong>The</strong>minimum equipment must include a microscope with builtinillumination, a Sedgwick-Rafter counting cell, and algaeidentification manuals.2. Destratification of a water supply reservoir to reducenutrients and thus plankton growth shall be supported bystudies done on similar lakes that have been destratified.Furthermore, consideration shall be given to handlingincreased plankton growth during the first years of theoperation. <strong>Water</strong>shed conditions that result in continuoushigh nutrient flow to a reservoir may negate any benefits indisinfection byproduct <strong>for</strong>mation provided bydestratification.3. Alternative sources of better quality water should beconsidered, where available.4.4.6.2. Removal of disinfection byproduct precursors and control ofdisinfection byproduct <strong>for</strong>mation.Pilot or full-scale studies <strong>for</strong> disinfection byproduct and precursorremoval and control shall be per<strong>for</strong>med. In addition, source water teststhat cover at least a full calendar year are necessary to assure that thetreatment facilities will handle all source water conditions.a. Moving the point of chlorination to minimize disinfectionbyproduct <strong>for</strong>mation.Aug. 29, 2003Page 69

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