The Setup: It's been a typical Tuesday until your lab results come back showing Total

Organic Carbon (TOC) levels that are higher than your monthly budget after Christmas shopping. Your raw water TOC is spiking, and your percent removal isn't meeting the required 35% that keeps the regulators happy. You've got 24 hours before you have to report a potential compliance violation, and your usual alum coagulant is performing about as well as a screen door on a submarine.