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AWWA B600-24 Powdered Activated Carbon, 2024
- Foreword [Go to Page]
- I. Introduction. [Go to Page]
- I.A Background. Activated carbon is a crude form of graphite that is produced by a carefully controlled oxidation process to develop a porous carbon structure with an internal surface area greater than 500 m2/g. This surface area gives the activated carbo [Go to Page]
- I.B History. The first edition of ANSI/AWWA B600, Powdered Activated Carbon, was approved as tentative by the AWWA Board of Directors on July 11, 1949, and later as a standard on May 15, 1953. Subsequent revisions to ANSI/AWWA B600 were approved on Jan. 2 [Go to Page]
- I.C. Acceptance. In May 1985, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) entered into a cooperative agreement with a consortium led by NSF International (NSF*) to develop voluntary third-party consensus standards and a certification program for direct
- II. Special Issues. [Go to Page]
- II.A. Storage and Handling Precautions. The following safety precautions should be exercised to minimize or eliminate hazards when handling and storing PAC. Wet activated carbon will readily adsorb oxygen from the air, creating an acute oxygen-depletion h [Go to Page]
- II.B. Activated Carbon Dust. Respiratory protection shall be worn when bags of activated carbon or dry bulk material are unloaded, sampled, prepared for analysis, or otherwise handled. Excessive dusting and inhalation of activated carbon dust should be av
- II.C. Surrogate Tests. Surrogate tests have been developed to give an indication of PAC’s general performance under specific conditions. Please note that the use of these surrogates may not model adsorption of actual water contaminants. Examples of these [Go to Page]
- II.D. Performance-Based Evaluation Tests. Performance-based evaluation tests include the 2-methylisoborneol (MIB)/geosmin test listed in Appendix B and the total organic carbon (TOC) adsorption test. These activated carbon tests should be completed using
- III. Use of This Standard. It is the responsibility of the user of an AWWA standard to determine that the products described in that standard are suitable for use in the particular application being considered. [Go to Page]
- III.A. Purchaser Options and Alternatives. The following items should be provided by the purchaser. [Go to Page]
- III.B. Modification to Standard. Any modification of the provisions, definitions, or terminology in this standard must be provided by the purchaser.
- IV. Major Revisions. Major revisions made to the standard in this revision include the following:
- V. Comments. If you have any comments or questions about this standard, please contact AWWA Engineering and Technical Services at 303.794.7711; write to the department at 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235-3098; or e-mail at standards@awwa.org.
- AWWA Standard
- Sec. 1.2 Purpose
- Sec. 1.3 Application
- SECTION 2: REFERENCES
- SECTION 3: DEFINITIONS
- Sec. 4.2 Characteristics
- Sec. 4.4 Impurities*
- SECTION 5: VERIFICATION
- Sec. 5.1 Sampling
- SECTION 6: DELIVERY
- Sec. 6.1 Marking
- Sec. 6.2 Packaging and Shipping
- Sec. 6.3 Affidavit of Compliance [Go to Page]
