Pathogen Control for a Sustainable Reuse of Wastewater: Role of Surface Interactions on Transport of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in Subsurface
EMSL Project ID
38491
Abstract
Transport of pathogens such as Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in subsurface environment is of great concern for water resources protection or drinking water treatment. Groundwater source for drinking water may become contaminated due to pathogen migration from manure to groundwater or groundwater recharge by partially treated wastewater. However predicting spatial distribution and long distance transport of C. parvum oocysts remains challenging, partially due to the lack of knowledge of how C. parvum oocysts transport along the collector and in porous media. Multi-scale techniques were used to study the deposition and transport of C. parvum oocysts. In this study a micromodel will be used for real time observation of C. parvum oocysts transport along a collector and in porous media, and explore methodology to bridge the knowledge gap between different scale techniques.
Project Details
Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2010-05-26
End Date
2011-05-29
Status
Closed
Released Data Link
Team
Principal Investigator
Related Publications
Liu Y, C Zhang, M Hilpert, MS Kuhlenschmidt, TB Kuhlenschmidt, and TH Nguyen. 2012. "Transport of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in a Silicon Micromodel." Environmental Science & Technology 46(3):1471-1479. doi:10.1021/es202567t