Solvay Chemicals (Houston, Tex.; www.solvay.com) is collaborating with the EPA under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to gain practical information regarding peracetic acid’s (PAA) usefulness as a green alternative to chlorine-based water disinfectants to reduce disinfection byproducts. PAA is emerging as an alternative disinfectant around the world in water and wastewater treatment. Solvay’s environmentally-compatible Proxitane WW-12 PAA microbiocide is being used for biological control research in the study of water and wastewater treatment.
Solvay and EPA collaborate to study biological control in water and wastewater
| By Scott Jenkins