This study involves the use of biofiltration, which is a control technique to degrade trihalomethanes using a bioreactor containing living material to capture and biologically degrade pollutants. Common uses include processing waste water, capturing harmful chemicals or silt from surface runoff, and microbiotic oxidation of contaminants in air. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Mezgebe, B., G. Sorial, D. Wendell, and E. Sahle-Demessie. Effectiveness of biosurfactant for the removal of trihalomethanes by biotrickling filter. Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, 1(1): 12031, (2019).

This study examined the removal of chloroform under two environmental conditions (anaerobic and aerobic), and in the presence of ethanol as co-metabolite. Investigations of the biological community structure within the BTFs were also conducted. The use of aerobic fungi BTF under acidic condition successfully enhanced the biodegradation process of chloroform. The BTF provided more stable performance by having smaller standard deviation in the removal efficiency as compared to the anaerobic BTF. Hence, acidic aerobic BTF had achieved significant improvement in the removal of chloroform. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Sahle-Demessie, E., J. Lu, B. Mezgebe, and G. Sorial. Performance of Anaerobic Biotrickling Filter and Its Microbial Diversity for the Removal of Stripped Disinfection By-products. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 228: 437, (2017).

This study examined the removal of chloroform under two environmental conditions (anaerobic and aerobic), and in the presence of ethanol as co-metabolite. Investigations of the biological community structure within the BTFs were also conducted. The use of aerobic fungi BTF under acidic condition successfully enhanced the biodegradation process of chloroform. The BTF provided more stable performance by having smaller standard deviation in the removal efficiency as compared to the anaerobic BTF. Hence, acidic aerobic BTF had achieved significant improvement in the removal of chloroform. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Sahle-Demessie, E., J. Lu, B. Mezgebe, and G. Sorial. Performance of Anaerobic Biotrickling Filter and Its Microbial Diversity for the Removal of Stripped Disinfection By-products. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 228: 437, (2017).

Method for the removal and degradation of harmful disinfection byproducts from drinking water. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Mezgebe, B., K. Palanisamy,, G. Sorial, E. Sahle-Demessie, A. Aly Hassan, and J. Lu. Comparative Study on the Performance of Anaerobic and Aerobic Biotrickling Filter for Removal of Chloroform. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont, NY, USA, 35(5): 462-471, (2017).

Method for the removal and degradation of harmful disinfection byproducts from drinking water. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Mezgebe, B., K. Palanisamy,, G. Sorial, E. Sahle-Demessie, A. Aly Hassan, and J. Lu. Comparative Study on the Performance of Anaerobic and Aerobic Biotrickling Filter for Removal of Chloroform. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont, NY, USA, 35(5): 462-471, (2017).

In this paper, the application of biofiltration is investigated for controlled removal of gas phase chloroform through cometabolic degradation with ethanol. A trickle bed air biofilter (TBAB) operated under acidic pH 4 is subjected to aerobic biodegradation of chloroform and ethanol. The TBAB is composed of pelleted diatomaceous earth filter media inoculated with filamentous fungi species, which served as the principle biodegrading microorganism. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Palanisamy , K., B. Mezgebe , G. Sorial, and E. Sahle-Demessie. Biofiltration of Chloroform in a Trickle Bed Air Biofilter Under Acidic Conditions. WATER, AIR, & SOIL POLLUTION. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 227: 478, (2016).

In this paper, the application of biofiltration is investigated for controlled removal of gas phase chloroform through cometabolic degradation with ethanol. A trickle bed air biofilter (TBAB) operated under acidic pH 4 is subjected to aerobic biodegradation of chloroform and ethanol. The TBAB is composed of pelleted diatomaceous earth filter media inoculated with filamentous fungi species, which served as the principle biodegrading microorganism. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Palanisamy , K., B. Mezgebe , G. Sorial, and E. Sahle-Demessie. Biofiltration of Chloroform in a Trickle Bed Air Biofilter Under Acidic Conditions. WATER, AIR, & SOIL POLLUTION. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 227: 478, (2016).