POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON AND THE POTABLE WATER INDUSTRY

Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) is a high performance absorbent engineered to remove harmful contaminants in the air, gas, and liquid phases. The potable water industry has long used PAC products to effectively remove taste and odor compounds, and provide clean water that is safe to drink.www.powdered-activated-carbon.com

What are Powdered Activated Carbon Products?
PAC products are the most widely accepted control technology in the potable water industry. They use activated carbon technology and have a small particle size, allowing them to be dosed at the head of the treatment plant and added directly to the water for contaminate removal.

Some of the benefits of using PAC products include:

Easy, cost effective and reliable selection method
Reduced operating costs
Minimal waste sludge
Conservation of resources
Superior water quality
PAC Application in the Potable Water Industry
PACs are a powerful solution for the removal of atrazine, geosmin, and methylisoborneol (MIB) – three compounds that are critical but challenging to remove from potable water.

Atrazine: A herbicide used to prevent weeds in crops such as corn and sugarcane, Atrazine is an endocrine disruptor.
Geosmin: Geosmin creates a musty taste and smell in drinking water.
Methylisoborneol (MIB): A common taste and odor compound, MIB is most recalcitrant against treatment.
Selecting the Best Activated Carbon Solution
Performance-based testing is the best method to select the most efficient PAC for your application. Iodine number is an index commonly used to demonstrate the effectiveness of a carbon product, however this ignores several factors that are key in determining effectiveness.

Iodine number does not take into account:

Pore size and volume distributions
Energy level of adsorption sites
Functional groups
Solution chemistry
Competing background organic compounds
The complexity of adsorption phenomena
Performance-based testing during the product selection process is the best way to ensure that you provide the cleanest, most drinkable water.

Where to Find High Performance PACsactive carbon pellets
At Carbonxt, we offer our potable water partners with the most efficient, cost-effective contaminant removal solutions. Our performance testing, bi-weekly reports, and open communication ensure that our partners always meet compliance. Learn more about our work with the potable water industry, and browse our related product lines.