AWWA B100 2009

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AWWA B100-09: Granular Filter Material

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
AWWA	2009	52

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Description

This standard covers gravel, high-density gravel, silica sand, high-density media, anthracite filter materials, and the placement of the materials in filters for water supply service application.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	ANSI/AWWA B100-09
3	Committee Personnel
5	Contents
7	Foreword I. Introduction.
8	II. Special Issues.
12	III. Use of This Standard.
13	IV. Major Revisions. V. Comments.
15	AWWA Standard SECTION 1: GENERAL Sec. 1.1 Scope Sec. 1.2 Purpose Sec. 1.3 Application
16	SECTION 2: REFERENCES SECTION 3: DEFINITIONS
18	SECTION 4: REQUIREMENTS Sec. 4.1 Physical Requirements Table 1 Specific gravity and acid solubility levels for filter media
21	Sec. 4.2 Chemical Requirements Sec. 4.3 Impurities Sec. 4.4 Placing Filter Media
22	Table 2 Appropriate fluidization backwash rates
24	Sec. 4.5 Preparing Filter for Service
26	Sec. 4.6 Replenishing Filter Media in Existing Filter Bed
27	SECTION 5: VERIFICATION Sec. 5.1 Approval Samples Sec. 5.2 Sampling
28	Table 3 Minimum size of composite sample Table 4 Sampling of bagged filter material
30	Sec. 5.3 Test Procedures—General Table 5 Minimum sample and acid quantities for acid solubility tests
33	Table 6 Minimum sample size for sieve analyses
34	Table 7 Maximum allowable quantity of material retained on an individual sieve
36	SECTION 6: DELIVERY Sec. 6.1 Marking Sec. 6.2 Packaging and Shipping
37	Sec. 6.3 Affidavit of Compliance
39	APPENDIX A: Bibliography
43	APPENDIX B: Sieves SECTION B.1: CALIBRATION OF SIEVES Sec. B.1.1 Precision of Sieves Sec. B.1.2 Glass Spheres
44	Table B.1 Nominal dimensions, permissible variations for wire cloth of standard test sieves (USA) Standard series
45	Table B.1 Nominal dimensions, permissible variations for wire cloth of standard test sieves (USA) Standard series
47	APPENDIX C SECTION C.1: PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION Sec. C.1.1 Particle Size Distribution
49	APPENDIX D: Filter Media Support Gravel Size and Layer Depth
50	Table D.1. Gravel layers for two sizes of fine filter media and two sizes of underdrain orifices