Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2004AL25B

Development and Characterization of a New Class of High-Capacity Ion Exchangers and and Environmentally Benign Process for Removal of Perchlorate in Water

Institute: Alabama
Year Established: 2004 Start Date: 2004-03-01 End Date: 2005-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $25,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $61,278

Principal Investigators: Dongye Zhao, Willie Harper, Aliecia McClain

Project Summary: This project aims to develop an environmentally benign, cost-effective process for effective removal and complete destruction of perchlorate in drinking water from affected Alabamasources. A new class of novel sorbents, referred to as polymeric ligand exchangers or PLE will be prepared and characterized. Water from three Alabama sites of national caliber will be tested in the research.