Textbooks
Dr. Kerry Howe is a key part of the author team for the most widely-used textbooks on water treatment. He is the lead author for Principles of Water Treatment. He authored numerous chapters in the 2nd edition of Water Treatment: Principles and Design and coordinated the efforts of the authors for MWH’s Water Treatment: Principles and Design, 3rd ed. and Stantec’s Water Treatment: Principles and Design, Updated 3rd ed.
Potable Reuse and Desalination
Dr. Kerry Howe has conducted research on potable reuse and desalination for over a decade. Here are links to some examples of his research in this area:
Howe, K.J., Hernandez-Quintero, J.P., and Lee, C.O. (2024) “Rejection of Low-Molecular Weight Neutral Organics is Highly Sensitive to Reverse Osmosis System Design and Operation,” AWWA Water Science, Vol. 6, No. 5. (https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.70000)
Lee, C.O. and Howe, K.J. (2024) “Effects of Membrane Degradation due to Chlorine Exposure on the Removal of Neutral Organic Compounds by Reverse Osmosis for Potable Reuse,” ACS ES&T Water, (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00465)
Breitner, L.N., Howe, K.J., and Minakata, D. (2019) “Effect of Functional Chemistry on the Rejection of Low-Molecular Weight Neutral Organics through Reverse Osmosis Membranes for Potable Reuse,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 53, No. 19, pp 11401-11409.
(https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03856)
Breitner, L.N., Howe, K.J., and Minakata, D. (2018) “Boron Can Be Used to Predict Trace Organic Rejection through Reverse Osmosis Membranes for Potable Reuse,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 52, No. 23, pp 13871–13878. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03390)
Lee, C.O., Howe, K.J., and Thomson, B.M. (2012) “Ozone and Biofiltration as an Alternative to Reverse Osmosis for Removing PPCPs and Micropollutants from Treated Wastewater,” Water Research. Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 1005-1014. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.069)
Farias, E.L., Howe, K.J., and Thomson, B.M. (2014) “Effect of Membrane Bioreactor Solids Retention Time on Reverse Osmosis Membrane Fouling for Wastewater Reuse,” Water Research. Vol. 49, pp. 53-61. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.061)
Dr. Howe was also the guest editor for a Special Edition on Potable Reuse in AWWA Water Science. The collection is available here.
Publications on Google Scholar
Dr. Kerry Howe has published extensive scientific literature on water treatment technologies. Check out his record on Google Scholar.
