scholarly journals Analysis of the influence of rapid filter cycle interruption on filtrate quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zielina
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Filtration Rate ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Particle Removal ◽  
Solid Concentration ◽  
Suspended Solid Concentration ◽  
Filter Cycle

AbstractThe article presents research carried out on a sand/anthracite filter in a water treatment plant in Cracow in the south of Poland. These studies show that shutting down the filter after only three hours of operation, setting it aside for four hours and restarting without backwashing did not cause any visible deterioration in the quality of the produced filtrate. Stopping the same filter for four hours, however, after 68 h of operation, visible deterioration in the quality of the filtrate can be observed. After a significant initial deterioration, the quality of the filtrate slowly improved and after a few hours, it reached a level comparable to that before the filter was taken out of service. This was probably the result of characteristic changes in shear stress at the boundary of the deposit and flowing water in the capillaries, which accompanied changes of filtration rate. Decrease in the removal efficiency of coarser particles lasted longer and was greater than that of finer particles. Decrease in particle removal efficiency after restarting the dirty filter was difficult to identify by turbidity measurements, but clearly identifiable by measuring suspended solid concentration and the number of coarser particles. Interrupting the operation of a rapid filter shortly after it has been backwashed should not significantly reduce its efficiency, but after prolonged operation, it may adversely affect the quality of the filtrate.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Impacts of Integrated Pollution on Water Quality of the Trans-Boundary Neris (Viliya) River

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Valentukevičienė ◽  
Lina Bagdžiūnaitė-Litvinaitienė ◽  
Viktoras Chadyšas ◽  
Andrius Litvinaitis
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Boundary Area ◽  
Water Flows

The trans-boundary area between the Europe Union and other countries is highly susceptible to changes in water quality and variations in the potential pollution load that could influence its eco-systems significantly. The Neris (Viliya) River is one of the biggest surface water bodies in Lithuania and Belarus with an ecologically important area protected by international legislation. The study was aimed at evaluating the impacts of integrated pollution on water quality of the Neris River taking into account different storm-water flows and ecological scenarios. For this purpose, qualitative and quantitative statistical evaluation was set up and calculation was done; different integrated pollution loads of the catchment area were estimated. The evaluation considered a decrease in river discharge due to changes in the regional storm-water flow and technological development that should lead to the growing covered surface and a reduction in the untreated storm-water flows. The obtained results indicated that, in the case of storm-water treatment, the total nitrate and phosphate concentrations will decrease, while in the cases of changes in combined suspended solid, the concentration of nutrients will decrease. Thus, a trans-boundary storm-water treatment plant of the Viliya River is required as it should eliminate pollution accumulation and restore its acceptable environmental status. A coordinated international project for the entire catchment of the Neris (Viliya) River based on the specifications and requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (EU 2000) should be developed and implemented. Subsequently, ecological river-use policies should be established at the international level, which should offer considerable perspectives for the sustainable development of the area.

Barcelona's water supply improvement: the brine collector of the Llobregat river

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 221-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Martín-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Salt Mine ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Public Work ◽  
Drinking Water Production ◽  
Llobregat River

The Llobregat is a 156 km long river, which supplies 35% of the Barcelona's drinking water needs from the Sant Joan Despí Water Treatment Plant. Since the establishment of the Salt Mine Works in the Llobregat basin in 1923, a progressive salinization of the water sources has been recorded. The operation of the Brine Collector, as a public work carried out by Aigües de Barcelona (AGBAR), started in 1989; it enabled a very significant improvement in the quality of the surface water used for drinking-water production.

scholarly journals ANALISIS TINGKAT KUALITAS PELAYANAN AIR BAKU PDAM KABUPATEN KOTABARU (Studi Kasus Instalasi Pengolahan Air Desa Gunung Relly)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwan Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Matrix Analysis ◽  
Raw Water ◽  
Customer Complaints ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Performance Matrix ◽  
Importance Analysis

Untuk meningkatkan kualitas layanan pada PDAM Kotabaru mengukur tingkat kepuasan masyarakat atau pelanggan khususnya terhadap kualitas pelayanan air baku Instalasi Pengolahan Air (IPA) Gunung Relly yang dianalisis berdasarkan tingkat kesesuaian hasil perbandingan skor kinerja dengan skor kepentingan (harapan). Apabila TKi­ < 100%, berarti pelayanan belum memuaskan, Apabila TKi­ = 100%, berarti pelayanan telah memuaskan, Apabila TKi­ > 100%, berarti pelayanan sangat memuaskan. Berdasarkan hasil analisis dari 100 responden, diketahui tingkat kualitas pelayanan air baku PDAM Kotabaru dengan analisis importance dan performance matrix didapat tingkat kesesuaian rata-rata (TKi) 73% < 100% masuk dalam kategori belum memuaskan. Variabel yang menjukan untuk mendapat tindakan prioritas perbaikan menurut pelanggan, yakni variabel-variabel pada kuadran I, 1) kualitas air yang disalurkan kerumah pelanggan, 2) kontinuitas debit air yang disalurkan kerumah pelanggan, 3) keramahan dan kesabaran dalam pelayanan pelanggan serta menhadapi pengaduan pelanggan, 4) kelayakan tarif yang diberlakukan. Sehingga perlu evaluasi pada 1) kualitas air, perlu ada filtrasi atau penyaringan sebelum air didistribusikan ke rumah pelanggan sehingga air layak konsumsi 2) Kontinuitas debit air, Perlu pemeliharaan dan penambahan pompa air, deteksi tingkat kebocoran jaringan perpipaan dan penambahan sumber air alternative, 3) Keramahan pelayanan, perlu penyuluhan internal pimpinan terhadap petugas pelayanan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran sebagai perusahaan daerah yang melaksanakan pelayanan publik, 4) Kelayakan tarif, Perhitungan kembali tarif pelayanan disesuaikan dengan layanan yang diberikan. Kata Kunci : Air Baku, Analisis Importance, IPA Gunung Relly, Kualitas Pelayanan, PDAM Kotabaru. To improve the quality of service at PDAM Kotabaru, measure the level of satisfaction of the community or customers, especially the quality of raw water services in the Gunung Relly Water Treatment Plant (IPA) area, which is analyzed based on the level of comparison between performance scores and interest scores (expectations). If TKi <100%, means the service is not satisfactory, If TKi = 100%, means the service has been satisfactory, If TKi > 100%, means the service is very satisfying. Based on the analysis from 100 respondents, have the level of quality of raw water service in PDAM Kotabaru with importance and performance matrix analysis shows that the average level of suitability (TKi) is 73% <100% in the unsatisfactory category. Variables that indicate to get priority improvement actions according to customers, namely variables in quadrant I, 1) quality of water channeled to customers homes, 2) continuity of water flow distributed to customers' homes, 3) friendliness and patience in customer service and dealing with customer complaints, 4) feasibility of tariffs that apply. So it is necessary to evaluate 1) the quality of the water, there needs to be filtration or filtration before the water is distributed to the customer's house so that the water is suitable for consumption 3) Hospitality of services, need internal leadership counseling to service officers to increase awareness as regional companies that carry out public services, 4) Feasibility of tariffs, Re-calculation of service rates according to services provided. Keywords: Importance Analysis, IPA Gunung Relly, Raw Water, PDAM Kotabaru, Service Quality.

scholarly journals EFICIÊNCIA DE DIFERENTES ELEMENTOS FILTRANTES NA PREVENÇÃO DE OBSTRUÇÃO DE GOTEJADORES

Irriga ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Euclides Stipp Paterniani ◽  
Marcos Eduardo Scatolini
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Filter Element ◽  
Solid Concentration ◽  
Algae Removal ◽  
Mesh Screen ◽  
Suspended Solid Concentration ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Synthetic Fabric ◽  
Continuous Average

EFICIÊNCIA DE DIFERENTES ELEMENTOS FILTRANTES NA PREVENÇÃO DE OBSTRUÇÃO DE GOTEJADORES   José Euclides Stipp Paterniani Marcos Eduardo ScatoliniFaculdade de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP. CP 6011, CEP 13083-970, E-mail: [email protected]   1 RESUMO  Durante ensaios para verificação de eficiência de retenção de algas em filtros de discos 120 MESH, tela 120 MESH e manta sintética não tecida, foram avaliados o grau de obstrução de gotejadores de labirinto com fluxo turbulento e vazão nominal de 4 L.h-1 e 8 L.h-1. Para determinação da obstrução causada por impurezas não retidas no meio filtrante foram avaliadas a evolução da vazão e da uniformidade estatística dos gotejadores submetidos aos diferentes meios filtrantes durante um período de 22 semanas durante 4 horas diárias e comparadas com uma parcela testemunha sem elemento filtrante. Os resultados mostraram que houve diferença significativa entre o elemento de discos, que apresentou maior uniformidade estatística, os filtros de manta e tela com valores intermediários e a testemunha que apresentou menor uniformidade estatística. No entanto, para caracterizar de maneira definida a diferença no desempenho dos elementos filtrantes, estes valores deveriam vir acompanhados de uma redução contínua na vazão média dos tratamentos, o que foi observado apenas para o elemento de tela com o gotejador de 4 L.h-1. As demais variações da uniformidade estatística foram temporais, provavelmente devido a obstruções  temporárias ocasionadas por variações da concentração de sólidos suspensos na água de irrigação.  UNITERMOS: Filtragem, Gotejamento, Qualidade da água.   PATERNIANI, J.E.S.; SCATOLINI, M.E. EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT FILTER ELEMENTS TO PREVENT TRICKLE CLOGGING   2 ABSTRACT  This work aimed to verify the efficiency of algae removal in disks 120 mesh, screen 120  mesh, and non woven synthetic fabric filters. It was evaluated the degree of clogging of turbulent flow drippers on 4 L.h-1 and 8 L.h-1 outflow. For blockage determination the outflow evolution  and statistics uniformity (Us) of the dripper have been evaluated when submitted to different filter media over 22 weeks, 4 daily hours compared to a control without the filter element. The results indicated significant differences among the elements. The disk element presented greater statistic uniformity. The screen filter and the non woven synthetic fabric element presented intermediate values whereas the parcel with no filter element (control) presented minor statistic uniformity. However, in order to characterize performance differences among them, values should be presented along with a  continuous average outflow reduction in all treatments. This pattern was observed only for the screen filter and 4 L.h-1 drippers. The statistics uniformity variation has been probably caused by temporary blockages due to variation in suspended solid concentration in irrigation water.  KEYWORDS: filtration, drip irrigation, water quality. 

scholarly journals Approach to tap water safety analysis in terms of biostability

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 00005
Author(s):  
Barbara Tchórzewska-Cieślak ◽  
Dorota Papciak ◽  
Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik ◽  
Andżelika Pietrzyk
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Increased Susceptibility

The subject of the work is the analysis and assessment of the risk of biological instability of water. The lack of water stability causes the increased susceptibility of the distribution system to secondary microbial contamination of water and constitutes a hazard for consumers’ health. The risk is expressed as the loss of water supply safety and distinguishes a failure of not meeting certain water quality parameters that can influence physico-chemical parameters and the bacteriological quality of the water supplied to the consumers. In the paper the method of analysing and evaluating the risk of loss of biostability of tap water is presented. The presented analysis was performed on the basis of the operating data from the water treatment plant.

Application of Neurogenetic Modeling in Optimization of Water Treatment Plant Based on the Temporal Monitoring of Water Input Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Paulami De
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Temporal Pattern ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Inflow ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Water Treatment Plants

This article addresses methods to adjust operating requirements in water treatment plants (WTPs) in order to increase the efficiency of water treatment plants based on the nature of the water inflows into the systems. In the past, various studies have suggested that the quality of water inflow into the WTP has an impact on the efficiency and economic viability of operating treatment plants. Among all other quality parameters, the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) is one of the basic indicators about the overall quality of the water. Identification of a temporal pattern can help the engineers to adapt the WTP operations and can save the unnecessary wasting of plant resources. That is why the present article has proposed a new model that can predict the temporal patterns of various chemical parameters with the help of an analytic neuronal network. The model was applied to the case of a WTP that responds to a peri-urban catchment, leading to regular variations in the DO of water inflow. According to the performance metrics utilized the model was able to predict the temporal pattern at a lag of 1 hour.

scholarly journals Conventional Water Treatment of Domestic Groundwater Supplies

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Hussein Hamid Emran Al-Husseini
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
Conventional Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Treated Water ◽  
Sulfate Removal

The important of ground water is increasing in the future as a source of fresh waters; in addition, many countries contain a number of water treatment plants to treat surface water. Using conventional treatment plant in the cities to treat ground water will decrease the cost of ground water treatment and may be help to depend on both surface and ground water supplies. This paper studied the ability of treating ground water by conventional water treatment. The quality of the ground water source is studied in the mention area during study period. The chemical quality of ground water is tested and there is within the standards of drinking water except iron.  The conventional treatment was enhancing quality of treated water by increment of dissolved oxygen concentrations toward optimum value. Water treatment plant was effective for removal of iron from ground water of about 50%, in addition there is an effect of conventional treatment on sulfate removal (sulfate may be increase above standards in some ground water sources). The statistical analysis of data shows there is a correlation between quality parameters of raw and treated water and between iron and sulfate of treated water in the correlation matrix. In addition, confidence test was applied on the correlation coefficients using fisher's transformation .The analysis shows, that there is a positive period (0.244, 0.941) of confidence of 95% of correlation factors of iron and sulfate.

scholarly journals APPLICABILITY OF USING REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR WASTEWATER RECLAMATION IN THE GAZA STRIP

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Mazen Abuatayef ◽  
Abedelmajeed Kahail ◽  
Hassan Al-Najjar ◽  
Thaer AbuShbak
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Fecal Coliform ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Membrane Technology ◽  
Reclaimed Wastewater ◽  
Ro Membrane ◽  
The Gaza Strip

Reverse osmosis (RO) technology shows common popularity in the field of water treatment as an advanced stage to eliminate the residual biogenic elements and dissolved impurities after the traditional treatment processes. This article highlights the applicability of using RO membrane technology as a post-treatment stage to treat the discharged effluent from the Gaza wastewater treatment plant. The designed experimental model reveals optimal removal efficiency between 92 and 100% for a number of physical, chemical and biological pollutants. The RO membrane unit demonstrates significant removal efficiency compared to the sand filter where the RO removal efficiency for BOD, TSS, TDS, Fecal Coliform and NO3 were 100, 97.5, 92, 100 and 100%, respectively. The quality of reclaimed wastewater was idealistic where the contents of BOD, Fecal Coliform and NO3 in the permeate were nil, and the concentrations of TDS and TSS were 20 and 296 ppm, respectively. Practically, the results confirm that the wastewater with the reclaimed quality could be used for agricultural activities with no degree of restriction according to FAO’s guidelines water quality for irrigation. According to the Palestinian Standard (PS), the quality of reclaimed wastewater is high, class (A), and it could be used without restrictions to irrigate many crops and for the purposes of groundwater replenishment. Related to energy estimation and cost analysis, the numerical model and the market analysis study demonstrate the energy of 1.23 kWh and total cost, i.e. fixed and energy costs, of 0.58 USD to produce 1 m3 of reclaimed wastewater using the RO membrane in the Gaza Strip over a projected lifespan of 5 years.

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