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The Story Behind the Numbers: Lessons Learned from the Integration of Monitoring Resources in Addressing an ISS Water Quality Anomaly

J Torin McCoy, John Straub, Stephanie Flint, Dan Gazda, John Schultz
2011 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems   unpublished

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Beginning in June of 2010 an environmental mystery was unfolding on the International Space Station (ISS). The U.S. Water Processor Assembly (WPA) began to produce water with increasing levels of total organic carbon (TOC). A surprisingly consistent upward TOC trend was observed through weekly in-flight total organic carbon analyzer (TOCA) monitoring. As TOC is a general organics indicator, return of water archive samples was needed to make better-informed crew health decisions and to aid in
more » ... troubleshooting. TOCA-measured TOC was more than halfway to its health-based screening limit before archive samples could be returned on Soyuz 22 and analyzed.
doi:10.2514/6.2011-5153 fatcat:fhymcmbi2ravbn2ywe3medcqfa
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J Torin McCoy, John Straub, Stephanie Flint, Dan Gazda, John Schultz. "The Story Behind the Numbers: Lessons Learned from the Integration of Monitoring Resources in Addressing an ISS Water Quality Anomaly." 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (2011)