Links

Here's a list of links to resources on slow sand filters.

Government links:

The USEPA Small System Compliance Technology List for The Surface Water Treatment Rule (slow sand filtration is listed on page 24), EPA 815-R-97-002 August 1997.

Slow Sand Filtration, World Health Organization's Water Sanitation and Health division, 1974.

Slow Sand Filtration and Diatomaceous Earth Filtration for Small Water Systems
(in PDF format), Washington State Dept. of Health, Division of Environmental Health, Office of Drinking Water, April 2003

UN High Commisioner for Refugees (UNHCR),  Water Manual for Refugee Situations. Slow sand filters recommendations listed on page 38.

Slow Sand Filtration (in PDF format), National Environmental Services Center, National Drinking Water Clearinghouse, June 2000.

City of Salem, Oregon, Slow Sand Filter page. Salem, pop. 141,150, uses slow sand filtration for the city's drinking water.

Slow Sand Filtration, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada page on slow sand filtration.

Consumer articles on slow sand filters

The ABC's of slow sand filters, Water Technology Magazine, Sept. 1998.

Get the Upper Hand With Slow Sand, Water Technology Magazine, April 1997.

Research/technical papers on slow sand filters

Absorbtion of heavy metals in slow sand filters, presented at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (Loughborough University, UK) Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1998.

Visualisation of the establishment of a heterotrophic biofilm within the schmutzdecke of a slow sand filter using scanning electron microscopy, Biofilm, Volume 6, Paper 1 (BF01001) 2001.

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Microbial Community in Slow Sand Filters Used for Treating Horticultural Irrigation Water, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2003, p. 2116-2125, Vol. 69, No. 4.

Molecular Characterization of Legionella Populations Present within Slow Sand Filters Used for Fungal Plant Pathogen Suppression in Horticultural Crops, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2003, p. 533-541, Vol. 69, No. 1.

We design our filters to meet the following specifications:

*National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule as published in the Federal Register/ Vol. 63, No. 241 /Wednesday, December 16, 1998/ Rules and Regulations

Recommended Standards for Water Works (Ten States Standards), 2003 Edition, Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers.

The Design of Small Water Systems, New York State Department of Health,

Specified by the US Army Corps of Engineers for projects as outlined in Operational Guidelines for Humanitarian Civic Assistance Water Supply Systems, US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

Specified for use by the Indian Health Service of the US Dept of Health, Redding and Ukiah offices.

We are approved as meeting the above standards for use in California, Washington state, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma with other states pending (Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania).


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