Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins have been listed in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Contaminant Candidate Lists (CCL), with the more recent one (CCL 3) specifying for microcystin-LR, cylindrospermopsin, and anatoxin-a. In the presentation, Dr. Dionysiou will provide an overview of the cyanotoxin problems in the US and other countries, summarize some recent developments on the efforts of various stakeholders for the minimization of formation of such compounds in natural aquatic systems, and efforts towards their elimination from sources of drinking water supply; in situ in the aquatic systems or in unit operations of water treatment facilities. Details will also be provided on selected physicochemical processes that have demonstrated success on the removal of cyanotoxins from water as well as the mechanisms of removal.

Overview of the remediation of cyanotoxins from water using physicochemical processes

244th National Meeting (2012)

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