Adaptive Water Resource Management for Taste and Odor Control for the Anderson Regional Joint Water System
Adaptive Water Resource Management for Taste and Odor Control for the Anderson Regional Joint Water System
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2016
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M. Huddleston;J. Rodgers;Kalya Wardlaw;Tyler D. Geer;Alyssa Calomeni;Scott Willett;Jennifer Barrington;David Melton;J. Chastain;Martin Bowen;Michael M. Spacil
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M. Huddleston;J. Rodgers;Kalya Wardlaw;Tyler D. Geer;Alyssa Calomeni;Scott Willett;Jennifer Barrington;David Melton;J. Chastain;Martin Bowen;Michael M. Spacil
The Anderson Regional Joint Water System (ARJWS) in Anderson, South Carolina, had experienced intermittent taste and odor problems in raw and finished water from the treatment plant on the Six and Twenty Creek cove of Hartwell Lake, making it difficult or impossible to provide the quality drinking water (odor-free) that customers expect. An adaptive management strategy was implemented that began with identifying the source of taste and odor problems as terpene alcohols [2-methylisoborneol (MIB) and geosmin] produced by benthic algae (e.g. bluegreen algae and diatoms). With MIB concentrations of over 2,000 parts per trillion in Hartwell Lake in the summer of 2014, an immediate algaecide application plan was developed based on results from a laboratory study of responses of taste and odor producing algae to candidate algaecides. A peroxide formulation algaecide and a chelated copper formulation algaecide (both registered for application to drinking water sources by U.S. EPA and certified by the National Sanitation Foundation) were applied to the bottom two feet of the water column. Approximately 160 acres of the Hartwell Lake littoral zone (from the shore line to the 25’ depth contour) and 4 acres around the ARJWS water intake structure were treated. Pre-treatment MIB concentrations ranged from 102 to 106 ng/L, and declined to 14 ng/L twelve days after treatment. Geosmin decreased from 14 ng/L prior to treatment to 5 ng/L twelve days after treatment. To refine plans for future algaecide applications (in 2015), results were supplemented with a regimen of toxicity tests of Hartwell Lake water and sediments using sensitive, sentinel fish and invertebrate species to establish margins of safety for non-target species potentially exposed to algaecides. In addition, a hydrological study of the watershed upstream of the ARJWS intake structure was conducted to identify specific taste and odor source areas and hydraulic time of travel. A refined management strategy was implemented in 2015, targeting specific areas of the lake with prescribed algaecide applications. Since initiating 2015 algaecide applications, taste and odor have been controlled in ARJWS source water while protecting valued Hartwell Lake aquatic resources.