Large-scale water filters of packed particle beds - PPBs could be transformative in widespread impact, treating microbial contaminated water. In...

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Large-scale water filters of packed particle beds - PPBs could be transformative in widespread impact, treating microbial contaminated water. In municipal utility water treatment, PPB filter media will substitute for slow sand treatment, with little or no subsequent need of UV or RO disinfection.

In low-income communities, large-scale PPB systems will be a short walk from homes. In middle- and upper-income locations, PPB treated water will be piped into homes, for example, from a water tower or a tank on top of a building, the filter system adjacent to these.

The PPB systems use two similar materials, one granulated ceramics and the other glass microbeads. The proofs are extensive. Both are being further optimized here, at the incomparable Ceramic College of Alfred University, alfred.edu