The impact of algogenic organic matter on water treatment plant operation and water quality: A review

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pivokonsky ◽  
J. Naceradska ◽  
I. Kopecka ◽  
M. Baresova ◽  
B. Jefferson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Plant Operation ◽  
The Impact

Improving water quality by reducing coagulant dose? A case study at the Sidi Said Maachou Water Treatment Plant (Morocco)

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
D. Codiasse ◽  
Ch. Caudron ◽  
I. Baudin ◽  
M. Chouhou ◽  
C. Campos
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Double Step ◽  
Organic Matter Removal ◽  
Bench Scale ◽  
The Impact

Many water treatment plants are currently facing the challenge of removing both turbidity and organic matter at a reasonable cost. This double objective often requires high coagulant doses, resulting in high operating costs due to the increase in both reagents use and sludge production. An attractive approach to reducing operating costs while maintaining the finished water quality is to add the coagulant in a double step sequence, which is referred to as double step coagulation. In this article, bench-scale experiments were conducted to assess the impact of a double step addition of coagulant on both turbidity and organic matter removal in clarification processes. The results showed that coagulant dose required for a given turbidity target can be significantly reduced. For example, for a final turbidity of 1 NTU, the coagulant dose can be reduced by 20% with respect to the Coagulant Reference Dose (CRD), which represents 200,000 Euros per year without any additional investment on infrastructure. Following these bench scale demonstrative tests, the double step coagulation strategy was adopted at full scale by the Sidi Said Maachou Water Treatment Plant in Morocco. Operated by the Société des Eaux de l'Oum Er-rbia, this plant treats 200,000 m3/day to supply the city of Casablanca. The double step coagulation was implemented to achieve a double objective: turbidity and organic matter removal at the lowest chemical cost.

Chemical monitoring strategy for the assessment of advanced water treatment plant performance

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 961-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Drewes ◽  
J. A. McDonald ◽  
T. Trinh ◽  
M. V. Storey ◽  
S. J. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Chemical Monitoring ◽  
Plant Operation

A pilot-scale plant was employed to validate the performance of a proposed full-scale advanced water treatment plant (AWTP) in Sydney, Australia. The primary aim of this study was to develop a chemical monitoring program that can demonstrate proper plant operation resulting in the removal of priority chemical constituents in the product water. The feed water quality to the pilot plant was tertiary-treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant. The unit processes of the AWTP were comprised of an integrated membrane system (ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis) followed by final chlorination generating a water quality that does not present a source of human or environmental health concern. The chemical monitoring program was undertaken over 6 weeks during pilot plant operation and involved the quantitative analysis of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, steroidal hormones, industrial chemicals, pesticides, N-nitrosamines and halomethanes. The first phase consisted of baseline monitoring of target compounds to quantify influent concentrations in feed waters to the plant. This was followed by a period of validation monitoring utilising indicator chemicals and surrogate measures suitable to assess proper process performance at various stages of the AWTP. This effort was supported by challenge testing experiments to further validate removal of a series of indicator chemicals by reverse osmosis. This pilot-scale study demonstrated a simplified analytical approach that can be employed to assure proper operation of advanced water treatment processes and the absence of trace organic chemicals.

scholarly journals Evaluation of physicochemical water parameters in watersheds of southern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marta Sória ◽  
Vitor Emanuel Quevedo Tavares ◽  
Marília Alves Brito Pinto ◽  
Lizete Stumpf ◽  
Daiane Zarnott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Color ◽  
Water Parameters

Water-quality monitoring is one of the main instruments for water-resource management. This work therefore evaluated the water quality of the contribution basin of the Sinnott water treatment plant as well as the relationship between physicochemical water parameters, and analyzed the seasonal variation of water quality parameters as a function of rainfall. The study area encompassed the contribution basin of the Sinnott water treatment plant, formed mainly by the drainage areas of the Pelotas stream and its tributary, the Quilombo Stream, located in the city of Pelotas - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A set of 118,368 data points for each stream was analyzed between 2007 and 2012. The following water quality parameters were evaluated: turbidity, temperature, color, pH, hardness, dissolved oxygen, organic matter, and alkalinity. Results showed that dissolved oxygen and water pH values conformed with Brazilian legislation in the 6 years evaluated. However, water color was the parameter that remained the greatest number of days above the set limits, mainly in the Pelotas Stream. Result indicates the need for conservation actions in the catchment, especially considering the importance of color for the assessment of water quality for public supply, in terms of both treatment costs and of public health. Highest values for water color, turbidity, and organic matter coincided with the occurrence of the highest rainfall values. Agricultural activities may potentiate sedimentation in the contribution basin of the Sinnott water treatment plant.

scholarly journals Optimization of water treatment process performance of Duren Seribu Water Treatment Plant in Depok City: water quality and design parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 896 (1) ◽  
pp. 012039
Author(s):  
R Hanifa ◽  
S Adityosulindro ◽  
N P S Wahyuningsih
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Total Coliform ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Detention Time

Abstract Duren Seribu Water Treatment Plant (WTP) plays a role in fulfilling water needs due to the increase in population growth. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the WTP and the potential for capacity uprating from the aspect of conformity to water quality standards, removal efficiency, and design parameters. Data collection was carried out by observation, measurement, and sampling. The result showed that raw water quality complies with the quality standards and is influenced by seasons. Meanwhile, the quality of drinking water produced for the parameters of pH, turbidity, TDS, organic matter, iron, and total coliform has complied with the quality standards. The efficiency removal of turbidity, TDS, organic matter, and iron occurred in conventional processing units were 94.6%, 70.5%, and 90.9%, and the total coliform removal efficiency was 1.8-log (67.05%). Based on the assessment of the design criteria, there are design parameters of the unit that require technical improvement such as detention time of flocculation unit, velocity and detention time in tube settler sedimentation unit, and the capacity of Duren Seribu WTP could be increased by 10% or up to 110 liters/second.

Removal of organic matter by the PAC-UF process: first two years of a full-scale application

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Baudin ◽  
C. Campos ◽  
J.M. Laîne
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Uf Membranes ◽  
The Impact

At the end of 1997, an innovative membrane-adsorption process was integrated at the Vigneux-sur-Seine water treatment plant in the southeast suburbs of Paris, France. This hybrid process consisted of the application of powdered activated carbon (PAC) upstream of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes and recycled to a floc blanket reactor (FBR) after membrane backwashes (FBR-PAC/UF process). This process was designed to mitigate seasonal episodes of micropollutants (pesticides and taste and odors) and to reduce the content of natural organic matter responsible for disinfectant and disinfection by-products. An intensive monitoring campaign of the plant effluent and ten sites in the distribution system was conducted two years before (1996-1997) and two years after (1998-1999) the start up of the PAC/UF process to characterize the impact of this treatment on the water quality of the distributed water. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the positive impact of the PAC/UF process on the organic and biological water quality of the Vigneux-sur-Seine distribution system. Thus, the combination of coagulation and adsorption in the FBR-PAC/UF process resulted in a TOC concentration lower than 0.7 mg/l, BDOC values lower than the detection limit (<0.2 mg/l) and total trihalomethanes concentrations below 10 μg/l. This reduction in organic content results in a reduction of the chlorine consumption by the water produced, which translates in the maintenance of higher chlorine residuals throughout the distribution system while using the same chlorine doses at the plant (0.3 mg/l).

Chemical monitoring strategy for the assessment of advanced water treatment plant performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Drewes ◽  
J. A. McDonald ◽  
T. Trinh ◽  
M. V. Storey ◽  
S. J. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Chemical Monitoring ◽  
Plant Operation

A pilot-scale plant was employed to validate the performance of a proposed full-scale advanced water treatment plant (AWTP) in Sydney, Australia. The primary aim of this study was to develop a chemical monitoring program that can demonstrate proper plant operation resulting in the removal of priority chemical constituents in the product water. The feed water quality to the pilot plant was tertiary-treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant. The unit processes of the AWTP were comprised of an integrated membrane system (ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis) followed by final chlorination generating a water quality that does not present a source of human or environmental health concern. The chemical monitoring program was undertaken over 6 weeks during pilot plant operation and involved the quantitative analysis of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, steroidal hormones, industrial chemicals, pesticides, N-nitrosamines and halomethanes. The first phase consisted of baseline monitoring of target compounds to quantify influent concentrations in feed waters to the plant. This was followed by a period of validation monitoring utilising indicator chemicals and surrogate measures suitable to assess proper process performance at various stages of the AWTP. This effort was supported by challenge testing experiments to further validate removal of a series of indicator chemicals by reverse osmosis. This pilot-scale study demonstrated a simplified analytical approach that can be employed to assure proper operation of advanced water treatment processes and the absence of trace organic chemicals.

scholarly journals Increasing of drinking water quality at real water treatment plant by recarbonization process

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Luptáková ◽  
Karol Munka ◽  
Ján Derco
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Drinking Water Quality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Surface Source ◽  
The Impact

Increasing of drinking water quality at real water treatment plant by recarbonization process According to the World Health Organization, chemical and microbial contaminants in drinking water will continue in the interest of suppliers of drinking water. The review establishment of new knowledge for drinking water including the potential benefits of the mineral content is necessary. The paper is focused on an assessment of the quality of water from surface source for drinking water preparation and quality of drinking water produced at the real plant. The lab-scale verification of water recarbonization with lime and carbon dioxide was chosen based on the results of full scale plant data analysis. Recarbonization tests were carried out with the raw water and the impact of recarbonization on coagulation process at different coagulant doses was studied. The results show that water recarbonization had adverse influence on the water treatment processes.

Practical Guide to Determine the Impact of Radon and Other Radionuclides on Water Treatment Processes

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1255-1264
Author(s):  
K. L. Martins
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Packed Tower ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Radioactivity Exposure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Percent Removal

During treatment of groundwater, radon is often coincidentally removed by processes typically used to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs)-for example, processes such as liquid-phase granular activated carbon (LGAC) adsorption and air stripping with vapor-phase carbon (VGAC). The removal of radon from drinking water is a positive benefit for the water user; however, the accumulation of radon on activated carbon may cause radiologic hazards for the water treatment plant operators and the spent carbon may be considered a low-level radioactive waste. To date, most literature on radon removal by water treatment processes was based on bench- or residential-scale systems. This paper addresses the impact of radon on municipal and industrial-scale applications. Available data have been used todevelop graphical methods of estimating the radioactivity exposure rates to facility operators and determine the fate of spent carbon. This paper will allow the reader to determine the potential for impact of radon on the system design and operation as follows.Estimate the percent removal of radon from water by LGAC adsorbers and packed tower air strippers. Also, a method to estimate the percent removal of radon by VGAC used for air stripper off-gas will be provided.Estimate if your local radon levels are such that the safety guidelines, suggested by USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency), of 25 mR/yr (0.1 mR/day) for radioactivity exposure may or may not be exceeded.Estimate the disposal requirements of the waste carbon for LGAC systems and VGAC for air stripper “Off-Gas” systems. Options for dealing with high radon levels are presented.

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