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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Impact of an Extreme Winter Storm Event on the Coagulation/Flocculation Processes in a Prototype Surface Water Treatment Plant: Causes and Mitigating Measures.

Fuguo Qiu, Huadong Lv, Xiao Zhao, Dongye Zhao

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Removal of dissolved organic matter in road runoff with sludge-based filters from the drinking water treatment plant.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fuguo QiuKey Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment (The Ministry of Education of China), Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
Huadong LvKey Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment (The Ministry of Education of China), Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
Xiao ZhaoEnvironmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, 238 Harbert Engineering Center, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. xiaozhao88@cau.edu.cn.
Dongye ZhaoEnvironmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, 238 Harbert Engineering Center, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. zhaodon@auburn.edu.
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture · CNAuburn University · USChina Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change has often caused failure in water treatment operations. In this study, we report a real case study at a major surface water treatment plant in Alabama, USA. Following a severe winter storm, the effluent water turbidity surged to >15.00 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU), far exceeding the 0.30 NTU standard. As a result, the plant operation had to be shut down for three days, causing millions of dollars of losses and affecting tens of thousands of people. Systematic jar tests were carried out with sediment samples from 22 upstream locations. The coagulation and settleability of sediment particles were tested under simulated storm weather conditions, i.e., low temperature (7 °C) and in the presence of various types and concentrations of natural organic matter (NOM) that was extracted from the local sediments. Experimental results proved that elevated NOM (6.14 mg·L

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FlocculationWeatherAlabamaAluminum HydroxideGeologic SedimentsManganese CompoundsNephelometry and TurbidimetryOxidation-ReductionOxidesWater PurificationAluminum Hydroxidealuminum oxychlorideManganese CompoundsOxidespermanganic acidcoagulationflocculationnatural organic matter (NOM)polyaluminum chloridestormwaterturbidity

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PMID31390846
PMCPMC6695649
OpenAlexW2964612986

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