Epoxy lining influence on recycled water quality during pipeline transit for potable reuse
Christine Pham1, Ricardo Medina1,2, Megan H Plumlee3
1Research and Development Department, Orange County Water District, Anaheim, California, USA.
Abstract:
An epoxy treatment was applied to a pipeline used to convey advanced treated recycled water from a purification facility to a recharge site. The epoxy treatment was applied to prevent further deterioration (corrosion) of the interior cement mortar lining (CML). A soil column study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the epoxy liner on the clogging potential of water before and after conveyance. The clogging potential was represented by differences in the column's relative hydraulic conductivity and water quality, between the treatment plant and injection site, before and after epoxy lining. Hydraulic conductivity of columns at the injection well site declined rapidly before epoxy and improved considerably after epoxy application. Total suspended solids (TSS) and cellular adenosine triphosphate (cATP) median concentrations improved significantly. Before epoxy, TSS increased with pipeline transit from 0.005 to 0.053 (mg/L) compared with 0.009 mg/L after epoxy. Before epoxy, cATP increased from 0.14 to 1.6 pg/ml across pipeline transit compared with 0.37 pg/ml after epoxy. Aluminum and nitrate followed similar trends. Results indicate that epoxy liner reduced the clogging potential of high purity recycled water, likely due to a decrease in particle and biomass load (clogging constituents) accumulated during pipeline transit. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Clogging potential of advanced treated recycled water increases with pipeline transit. Epoxy lining the pipeline used for conveyance reduces the particulate and microbial loading of the highly purified water. Applying epoxy to pipelines used to convey advanced treated recycled water has the dual benefit of infrastructure protection and improving water quality. Reducing particle and microbial load in the advanced treated recycled water can reduce maintenance frequencies and elongate production periods for MAR applications.
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