Abstract from 1998 SRA Annual Meeting Abstract of Meeting Paper Society for Risk Analysis 1998 Annual Meeting Treatment Technologies for Perchlorate Reduction . Perchlorate's high activation barrier to chemical reduction and problems with available reductants mean that this technique is an unlikely candidate for eventual implementation.
All techniques possess a number of advantages and disadvantages.
These relate to cost, maintenance, ease of implementation, reliability, and other factors-all of which must be evaluated in terms of total water quality. A number of general considerations for drinking water treatment must be brought to bear before any treatment technology can be successfully implemented. It is unlikely that any one technique will demonstrate itself to be an outstanding solution to this problem, but rather that a combination of techniques tailored to the needs of an individual system will provide an individual solution. The fundamental chemical and physical properties of the perchlorate ion, in addition to the nature and magnitude of the contamination, require insightful and carefully constructed solutions. Applying these technologies and strategies to real systems is a complex task that remains exploratory and developmental at this time.