Photo Gallery

Alternatives

Ion Exchange Resin

Orange Peels

Zero Valent Iron Filings

Zero Valent Iron Turnings

Rice Husks

Synthetic Water Development

Top Left: Transferring Groundwater Via a Siphon, Photo Credit = Dan Cummings
Top Right: Creating Uranium and Arsenic Standard Stock Solutions, Photo Credit = Tristan Weir
Bottom Left: Storage of Synthetic Water in 90 Gallon Trash Cans

Column Testing

Left: Tristan Running Column Tests
Right: Column Outlet

Left: Sand Column and Orange Peel Column
Right: Zero Valent Iron Filings Column

Left: Zero Valent Iron Turnings Column
Right: Rice Husks Column

Left: Orange Peels Column
Right: Column Test Set-up

Left: Water Quality Testing Equipment
Right: Water Samples Ready for Shipment

Modular Configuration Testing

Left: Cutting Acrylic Tubing to Make Modules, Photo Credit = Tristan Weir
Right: Single Module

Left: Preparing Materials for Modular Configuration Construction
Right: Building a Modular Configuration

Left: The Modular Configuration Test Set-up
Right: Testing Orange Peels and Zero Valent Iron Turnings

Zero Valent Iron Filings and Orange Peels Ready for Testing

Final Design Recommendations

Gravel Used in Bottom of Each Module

Sand Used on Top and Bottom of Each Filter Material

Left: Orange Peels Used in Top Module
Right: Zero Valent Iron Filings Used in Bottom Module, Photo Credit = Dan Cummings

Proposed Final Configuration with Orange Peels on Top and Zero Valent Iron Filings on Bottom, SolidWorks Model Courtesy of Emerson Jones

*All photos credited to Cheryl Dilks unless otherwise noted