{"id":30312,"date":"2018-09-20T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=30312"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:43:07","slug":"steel-chips-promising-new-stormwater-treatment-for-e-coli-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/steel-chips-promising-new-stormwater-treatment-for-e-coli-removal.htm","title":{"rendered":"Steel Chips Promising New Stormwater Treatment for E. Coli Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Escherichia coli (E. coli)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in stormwater runoff is a perennial problem in South Dakota\u2014and in many other places in the US and around the world. Especially in places where drought makes every drop of rainfall count, it&#8217;s crucial to remove harmful bacteria such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from stormwater. Researchers from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdstate.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Dakota State University (SDSU)<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdstate.edu\/civil-environmental-engineering\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may have a promising\u2014and cost-efficient\u2014new solution to this problem: steel chips.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">After the storm<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good rain can make it seem like everything is fresh and clean\u2014in part because stormwater washes dirt and grime that covers streets down into sewer systems. That includes animal and human waste, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bacteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danr.sd.gov\/Conservation\/WatershedProtection\/TMDL\/docs\/TableDocs\/tmdl_bigsiouxecolincseg30811.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contamination is one of the principal impairments of water quality in the Big Sioux River. Testing of water quality across various stormwater drainage sites in Brookings, the home of SDSU, revealed post-summer storm <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> concentrations as high as 2,000 colony forming units (cfu) per 100 milliliters (mL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the major contaminants in rivers, streams, and lakes in SD,\u201d remarks assistant professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdstate.edu\/directory\/guanghui-hua\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guanghui Hua<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of SDSU, former advisor to graduate student Peng Dai, who ran the experiments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe selected several low cost and readily available materials including zeolite, limestone, steel slag, and steel chips to evaluate their capacities for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> removal,\u201d explains Dr. Hua. \u201cThe selection of limestone and zeolite were based on literature review, and the selection of steel slag and steel chips were based on our research interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30315\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30315\" class=\" wp-image-30315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/steel_chips_.jpg\" alt=\"steel chips\" width=\"358\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/steel_chips_.jpg 434w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/steel_chips_-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samples with varying levels of E. coli is run through these steel chips to evaluate their ability to remove the bacteria from the simulated stormwater. (Credit: SDSU, https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/view\/695035\/?sc=swhr&amp;xy=10020912.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A previous graduate student of Dr. Hua&#8217;s had tested other mining industry byproducts, along with steel chips. The surfaces of the steel chips carry a positive charge, while <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bacteria are negatively charged. This means that electrostatic attraction can draw <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the surface of the steel chips, where it can be absorbed. From there, the steel&#8217;s ferric and ferrous ions oxidize the cell membranes of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cells, killing them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carbon steel chips removed 85 to 98 percent of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from stormwater in small column testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Smart, cost-efficient solutions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To examine the technology, Dai tested steel chips from 0.5 to 8 millimeters in size in simulated stormwater. To simulate stormwater the team added <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to water in varying concentrations. The lowest concentration samples registered at 10 cfu\/100 mL, while the highest were at 106 cfu\/100 mL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team also evaluated how contact time and pH affected the process, testing pH levels of 5, 7, and 9, and contact times between 5 and 20 minutes. The team also controlled the simulated stormwater nutrient levels so that the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could not multiply, but could survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 0.5 to 2 mm chips were most effective, as were longer contact times. In fact, the steel chips removed almost 99 percent of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after 20 minutes of exposure. The lower pH was ideal for best results, but the team recorded at least 90 percent removal rates for each pH level tested. Practically, this is an excellent result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c90 percent removal of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from stormwater is an effective treatment efficiency,\u201d comments Dr. Hua. \u201cSuch a treatment unit can substantially reduce the levels of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discharged into surface water from the stormwater. This can help rivers and lakes meet the regulatory limit for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team simulated intermittent stormwater events in addition to performing continuous flow testing. To do this, they circulated the stormwater around the chips at intervals of six hours, interspersed with six hours of dry time for the chips. The chips maintained their high-efficiency removal rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The carbon steel chips that worked best are, in essence, waste from industrial processes, making this technology an especially welcome advancement from a cost-efficiency perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSteel chips are produced from machine shops by cutting, shaping, drilling, and finishing steel products,\u201d details Dr. Hua. \u201cWater filtration using steel chips is a potentially affordable technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30316\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30316\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/steel_chips_worksinlab-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"steel chips\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">South Dakota State University graduate student Peng Dai runs solutions with low to extremely high E. coli levels through columns loaded with steel chips ranging in size from 0.5 to 8 millimeter. (Credit: SDSU, https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/view\/695035\/?sc=swhr&amp;xy=10020912.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur previous studies also showed steel chips are effective at removing phosphate from water,\u201d adds Dr. Hua.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summer, a prototype of an applied version of this technology began testing at a site in south Brookings where residential area stormwater drains into a retention pond. The test involves placing a structure, which resembles a box with an open top, at the pond&#8217;s inlet, so the stormwater flows past the steel chips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA pilot scale filter was installed at the inlet of a retention pond in south Brookings in May 2018,\u201d comments Dr. Hua. \u201cThe filter size is 6 feet in length, 5 feet in width, and 8 inches in height, and was filled with steel chips (70%) and steel slags (30%). The results of the three-month pilot testing showed that the steel chip filter is highly effective at removing E Coli from real stormwater runoff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The field-scale testing is still ongoing. Therefore, the team does not have the final numbers for release yet. However, the value of the technology seems clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStormwater can be a significant source of contamination to natural water bodies, so it is important to develop and implement effective and practical technologies to remove those contaminants from stormwater,\u201d states Dr. Hua. \u201cThis technology offers a cost-effective way to remove E. coli from stormwater and to protect our natural water resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Top image: Dai prepares solutions with varying levels of E. coli to test the effectiveness of steel chips at removing the bacteria. (Credit: SDSU, https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/view\/695035\/?sc=swhr&amp;xy=10020912.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trials of steel chips from industrial waste show that they effectively remove E. coli from stormwater by lysing the bacterial cell walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":30314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,49,52,510],"tags":[1063,891,60,1064,1062,109,1061,1059,620,1060],"class_list":["post-30312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-newsfeed","category-rivers-streams","category-technology","category-water-quality","tag-carbon-steel-chips","tag-e-coli","tag-featured","tag-filters","tag-iron","tag-news-ticker","tag-south-dakota-state-university","tag-steel-chips","tag-stormwater","tag-water"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steel Chips Promising New Stormwater Treatment for E. 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