Peracetic Acid (PAA) Disinfection Is Up For The Challenge

The primary consideration for evaluating disinfection alternatives has to be permit compliance. But as Sarah Stewart, Associate and Senior Project Manager with CDM Smith explains in this Water Talk interview, contact time, high color, nitrates, industrial loads and many other factors all play a role in selecting the most practical and cost effect disinfection solution for your facility.

One of the more recent disinfection alternatives growing in acceptance in the wastewater industry is the use of peracetic acid (PAA). In this interview, Stewart explains the protocol she follows in evaluating whether or not PAA would be a suitable disinfection technology for your facility and discusses some of the wastewaters PAA has been applied to treating: