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AWWA B453-24 Polyacrylamide, 2024
- Foreword [Go to Page]
- I. Introduction [Go to Page]
- I.A. Background. Chemical clarification methods have been used to improve the quality of drinking water supplies since the late 1880s. In 1967, the first completely synthetic organic polyelectrolyte was accepted by the US Public Health Service for use in [Go to Page]
- I.B. History. The AWWA Standards Council authorized the development of this standard in 1979. The standard was developed by the AWWA Standards Committee on Polyelectrolytes and was approved by the AWWA Board of Directors on Feb. 4, 1996. The AWWA Board of [Go to Page]
- I.C. Acceptance (Water Supply Service Applications). In May 1985, the USEPA entered into a cooperative agreement with a consortium led by NSF International* (NSF) to develop voluntary third-party consensus standards and a certification program for direct
- I.D. Acceptance (Wastewater Service Applications). In 2008, the AWWA Standards Council directed standards committees to incorporate wastewater applications into its standards. This edition is the second revision of ANSI/AWWA B453 that addresses wastewater
- II. Special Issues [Go to Page]
- II.A. Safety. PAMs are not considered to be as toxic as some household products nor are they considered to be primary skin or eye irritants as defined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (US Federal Hazardous Substances Act). Good housekeeping proce [Go to Page]
- II.B. Spill Control. Dispose of PAMs according to federal, state or provincial, and local regulations. Solutions of PAMs make floors and other surfaces extremely slippery. A dike should be formed around the spill area to contain as much spilled material a
- III. Use of This Standard. It is the responsibility of the user of an AWWA standard to determine that the products described in that standard are suitable for use in the particular application being considered. [Go to Page]
- III.A. Purchaser Options and Alternatives. This AWWA standard can be used to prepare a purchase specification but is not itself a specification because it cannot address requirements unique to the purchaser’s specific situation, nor does it establish busi [Go to Page]
- III.B. Product Performance. Performance evaluation via a laboratory test or pilot plant or plant trial or other performance test is essential for confirming PAM activity (Section 5.6). [Go to Page]
- III.C. Modification to Standard. Any modification of the provisions, definitions, or terminology in this standard must be provided by the purchaser.
- IV. Major Revisions. Major changes made to the standard in this edition include the following:
- V. Comments. If you have any comments or questions about this standard, please call the AWWA Engineering and Technical Services at 303.794.7711, write to the department at 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235-3098, or email at standards@awwa.org.
- AWWA Standard
- SECTION 1: GENERAL
- Sec. 1.1 Scope
- Sec. 1.2 Purpose
- Sec. 1.3 Application
- SECTION 2: REFERENCES
- SECTION 3: DEFINITIONS
- SECTION 4: REQUIREMENTS
- Sec. 4.1 Product Certifications/Affidavit of Compliance
- Sec. 4.2 Description
- Sec. 4.3 Qualifications
- Sec. 4.4 Chemical and Physical Requirements [Go to Page]
- Table 1 Typical concentrations and ranges for determining Brookfield viscosity
- Sec. 4.5 Impurities (Water)*
- Sec. 4.6 Additives Requirements (Water)
- Sec. 4.7 Impurities (Wastewater)
- Sec. 4.9 Product Technical Data Sheet
- SECTION 5: VERIFICATION
- Sec. 5.1 General
- Sec. 5.2 Sampling
- Sec. 5.4 Test Procedures
- Sec. 5.5 Solution Preparation
- Sec. 5.6 Product Performance
- Sec. 5.7 Residual Acrylamide Monomer
- Sec. 5.9 Manufacturing Location Contact for Quality-Control Inquiries
- Sec. 6.2 Packaging and Shipping
- Sec. 6.3 Product Technical Data Sheets [Go to Page]
