Technical Practice Updates (TPUs) on Microconstituents

Available for free to WEF members and at a charge to nonmembers.  Members will be prompted to login with their Membership ID and password to access the TPUs.

• Analytical Methods and Monitoring Technologies for Microconstituents
  (May 2007) (Members) (Nonmembers)
  Includes the following sections:
  • Relevance of Issue
  • Sampling
  • Instrumentation and Methods
  • Total Organic Carbon
  • And more...
    
    
• Current Regulatory Framework for Microconstituents in Water (November 2007)
  (Members) (Nonmembers)
  Part of a series covering issues surrounding microconstituents. Provides an analysis of the current state of knowledge on federal regulatory mechanisms for microconstituents in the environment.
  
  
• Effects of Wastewater Treatment on Microconstituents (May 2007)
  (Members) (Nonmembers)
  Includes the following sections:
  • Background
  • What Has Been Done and What Do We Know
  • What Is Needed or Not Known
  • Next Steps and/or Recommendations
  • And more...
    
    
• Microconstituents in Biosolids (July 2007) (Members) (Nonmembers) 
  A resource for sound and accurate information on the current state of knowledge of these microconstituents until future standard practices are fully developed.
  
  
• Nanoparticles (May 2008) (Members) (Nonmembers)
  Provides one of the first overviews of the potential effects of manufactured nanomaterials in wastewater treatment plants.
  
  
• Source Control of Microconstituents (September 2007)
  (Members) (Nonmembers) 
  Part of a series covering issues surrounding microconstituents. Provides information on potential source control measures to reduce the presence of microconstituents in surface water bodies.
  
  
• Sources of Microconstituents and Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds (July 2007)
  (Members) (Nonmembers)
  Part of a series covering issues surrounding microconstituents. Provides information on the sources of these compounds and potential human and environmental exposure.
  
  
• Microconstituents Glossary
  A 10-page document available in PDF format at no charge to both members and nonmembers - download here.