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Standard Type : Main
Document No : AWWA B103 : 2025
Document Year : 2026
Pages : 28
This standard describes mined and manufactured manganese oxide filter media as used in pressure and gravity filters to remove iron, manganese, radium, arsenic, and hydrogen sulfide in potable water treatment applications. It discusses handling, preparation, placement, sampling, and testing requirements specific to manganese oxide filter media as well as the reporting responsibilities of the manganese oxide filter media manufacturer.
Users of this standard should refer to ANSI/AWWA B100 for basic requirements of placing filter media, preparing filters for service, replenishing media in existing filter beds, sampling and testing media, and packaging and shipping media.
This standard can be referenced in documents for purchasing and receiving manganese oxide filter media and can be used as a guide for testing the physical properties of manganese oxide filter media. The stipulations of this standard apply when this document has been referenced and then only to manganese oxide filter media used in potable water treatment applications.