Contribution of the FPA tasting panel to decision making about drinking water treatment facilities

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Devesa ◽  
R. Cardeñoso ◽  
L. Matía
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Feed Water ◽  
Gradual Improvement ◽  
Organoleptic Quality ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Llobregat River

The flavour profile analysis (FPA) panel of Aigües de Barcelona has participated in three engineering projects initiated to improve both the quality of the water supplied and the use of the scarce resources available. The information provided by the panel enables a solid evaluation of the organoleptic quality of the water produced in the facilities, which is very useful in making decisions concerning the development of the projects. The first project refers to the Besòs full scale nanofiltration pilot plant. The study includes characterisation of the organoleptic quality of the water obtained and the behaviour of blends in different proportions with water from the Ter river. Secondly, this article presents the results obtained in El Papiol pilot plant for the reduction of trihalomethanes in water from the Abrera WTP, situated by the Llobregat river. The tasting results indicate that the stripping treatment slightly improves the quality of water, whereas the improvement is more remarkable with carbon filtration. The third project was the reverse osmosis pilot plant installed in the Sant Joan Despí WTP, which also collects water from the Llobregat river. A gradual improvement of the water treated was clearly observed when increasing amounts of reverse osmosis treated water were added. Some trends were also observed according to the characteristics of the feed water to the reverse osmosis facilities.

scholarly journals Energy use in water purification as criterion for selecting drinking water treatment technologies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfa Ng
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Flash Evaporation ◽  
Quality Of Water

Quality of produced water is usually the criterion for selecting between different desalination technologies for turning seawater into drinking water. However, contemporary trend in drinking water treatment sees a convergence between different technologies for the same water quality. Hence, how do different desalination technologies differentiate amongst each other? Awareness of climate change impact as well as price of produced water, energy use per unit of treated water is an oft-used criterion for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of different desalination technologies. Specifically, comparing multi-effect flash evaporation and reverse osmosis, the latter enjoys a significant energy use advantage given the lack of the need for converting water into the vapor phase as in multi-effect flash evaporation. Thus, energy used in producing drinking water is significantly higher in multi-effect flash evaporation compared to the high pressure process of reverse osmosis. From the operation perspective, reverse osmosis also benefits from its ability to scale linearly in increasing water production capacity through addition of extra membrane modules, which is not the case for multi-effect flash evaporation where a new distillation column is required for significant increase in production capacity. Collectively, with the same quality of water produced by different desalination technologies, comparison between different technologies increasingly relies on the energy use per unit of produced water. Using this criterion, reverse osmosis membrane desalination has a significant advantage relative to multi-effect flash evaporation in energy cost, which translates to a lower price of produced water.

scholarly journals Energy use in water purification as criterion for selecting drinking water treatment technologies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfa Ng
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Flash Evaporation ◽  
Quality Of Water

Quality of produced water is usually the criterion for selecting between different desalination technologies for turning seawater into drinking water. However, contemporary trend in drinking water treatment sees a convergence between different technologies for the same water quality. Hence, how do different desalination technologies differentiate amongst each other? Awareness of climate change impact as well as price of produced water, energy use per unit of treated water is an oft-used criterion for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of different desalination technologies. Specifically, comparing multi-effect flash evaporation and reverse osmosis, the latter enjoys a significant energy use advantage given the lack of the need for converting water into the vapor phase as in multi-effect flash evaporation. Thus, energy used in producing drinking water is significantly higher in multi-effect flash evaporation compared to the high pressure process of reverse osmosis. From the operation perspective, reverse osmosis also benefits from its ability to scale linearly in increasing water production capacity through addition of extra membrane modules, which is not the case for multi-effect flash evaporation where a new distillation column is required for significant increase in production capacity. Collectively, with the same quality of water produced by different desalination technologies, comparison between different technologies increasingly relies on the energy use per unit of produced water. Using this criterion, reverse osmosis membrane desalination has a significant advantage relative to multi-effect flash evaporation in energy cost, which translates to a lower price of produced water.

Effect of blending two treated waters on the organoleptic profile of Barcelona's supply

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 313-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fabrellas ◽  
R. Devesa ◽  
L. Matia
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Organoleptic Quality ◽  
Treated Water ◽  
Flavour Profile ◽  
The City

Barcelona's drinking water has two distinct origins: the Ter and Llobregat rivers supply the city in a ratio of 35/65. The organoleptic quality of the two waters is very different. Treated water from the Llobregat sometimes has organoleptic problems, whereas the quality of treated water from the Ter is much better. The aim of this paper is to study the effects of blending the two types of water and to determine the best blend of the Ter and Llobregat treated waters in terms of flavour and odour, using the A/not A test and the Flavour Profile Analysis. The optimum blend of Ter and Llobregat water is the blend that contains the highest percentage of Llobregat water without any appreciable loss of the characteristics of Ter water.

scholarly journals Novel Integrated Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis System in High Quality Drinking water Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1243-1247
Author(s):  
Vinod Kumar S ◽  
R Baskaran
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Concentration Polarization ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Water Contaminants ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Ultra Filtration ◽  
Drinking Water Production

Modernization in water technology plays a major role in ensuring a clean, safe, and feasible supply of drinking water. Enhancing performance in terms of price and quality, flow ability of the plant, sustainable development; integrated membrane processes have been developed. The most crucial issues found in RO applications such as concentration polarization and membranes fouling are reduced by using this integration of membranes. Conventional reverse osmosis filtration has sand and coke filters as pre filters. In this work these pre filters have been replaced by ultra-filtration which ensures undoubtedly the best quality of water despite the quality of feed with low power consumption and chemicals. These integrated systems are the better thing for complete elimination of microorganism and water contaminants in their category of selection. The present work also contributes on water quality analysis for brackish water using both the above desalination membrane technology. This integrated system can be remotely monitored and self-adapted model-based control.

A concept for an integrative consideration of the drinking water and wastewater/sewage management

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-341
Author(s):  
Gerhard Bjørnsen ◽  
Rolf Gimbel ◽  
Hans-Dieter Spangenberg
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Physical And Chemical

To guarantee drinking water of high quality not only the drinking water treatment must be of high standards but also the quality of water resources should be the best possible. Therefore, pollution control and pollution risk management in the catchment areas of water resources are important parts of an overall water management concept. This includes the assessment of physical and chemical parameters as well as bacteriological parameters, especially hygienic parameters. A concept for an integrative consideration of drinking water treatment and quality management of water resources is presented.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the drinking water treatment system (STAP) San Fernando –Los Patios urbanization, Colombia. Efficiency and quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Yusbely Cecilia Castrillón-Jaimes ◽  
Carlos Humberto Acevedo-Peñaloza ◽  
Jhan Piero Rojas-Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Microbiological Parameters ◽  
San Fernando

The quality of water for human consumption in the municipality of Los Patios in Colombia, depends 60% of the treatment systems for drinking water (STAP) independent, these are adapted according to the population that conforms in 2014 and own resources. Urbanization San Fernando carries out the treatment in an efficient way guaranteeing the quality of water for human consumption, therefore, the field study is based on a quantitative approach and a method that describes the results of the analysis of the samples taken at the entrance and exit of the STAP, to evaluate the efficiency and quality of the system the sample is characterized from the analysis of the physical-chemical and microbiological parameters at the entrance and exit of the system in the Water Laboratory of the Universidad Francisco de Paula de Santander. The physical and microbiological results identify the efficiency of the system and the operator, indicating the quality of the water by the values in the parameters measured according to Decree 1575 of 2007 and 1525 of 2007 by the Ministry of Social Protection in Colombia. The chemical analyses detected a high percentage of calcium hardness in the sample at the system outlet, which is reportedto the directors of the urbanization. In accordance with this, the relevant controls and monitoring are carried out in the process for the purification and consumption of water, without neglecting the habits of water storage by the community in each home.

scholarly journals PENGOLAHAN AIR PAYAU MENGGUNAKAN TEKNOLOGI MEMBRAN SISTEM OSMOSA BALIK SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PEMENUHAN KEBUTUHAN AIR MINUM MASYARAKAT KEPULAUAN SERIBU

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyu Widayat
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Well Water ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The People ◽  
Quality Of Water

Kepulauan seribu (Seribu Archipelago) is one of region of north jakarta, the province of DKI Jakarta Raya which is populated by around 18.000 inhabitants. It consists of 111 small islands. Among them, there are about 11 (eleven) islands are stated as the residential:   P. Untung Jawa, P. Tidung Besar, P. Lancang Besar, P. Panggang, P. Pramuka, P. Kelapa I, P. Kelapa II, P. Harapan, P. Sebira. P. Payung dan P. Pari. P. Panggang and P. Kelapa I are the most populated.In relation to the clean water supply, specifically for drinking water/freshwater, mostly is got from the narrow well, rainfall and some water treatment installations that heve been owned by some islands. However, problem arises when the prolong dry season comes as the quality of water in the narrow well decreases significantly, the well water became brackish. In order to cope this problem, the avaibility of sufficient water treatment installations to process brackish water into freshwater is very important. The water treatment installation with reverse osmosis system is one of the most effective alternative in order to provide the freshwater for the people in the islands. The system has also been aplied sufficiently in several islands, such as P. Kelapa I, P. Tidung, P. Pramuka, P. Untung Jawa, P. Panggang dan P. Harapan Kata Kunci : Pengolahan Air payau, Osmosa balik, Air minum.

scholarly journals Kualitas air minum isi ulang pada depot air minum di Kabupaten Manokwari Selatan

Cassowary ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Awliya Nur Marhamah ◽  
Budi Santoso ◽  
Budi Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Water Treatment Process ◽  
Living Things

Water is a chemical compound that is very important for the life of human beings and other living things. Refill water is water that undergoes special treatment, among others, the process of chlorination, aeration, filtration and irradiation with ultraviolet light. The objectives of this study were to determine the quality of refill drinking water produced by refill drinking water depots in South Manokwari Regency based on physical, chemical and microbiological variables. The descriptive method was used in this study. Samples of refill drinking water were collected from 6 depots located in South Manokwari Regency.   Water samples are taken to the laboratory for chemical, physical and microbiological quality analyzes. Good quality refill drinking water at the kiosk is drinking water produced by depots B and F, while drinking water produced from depot E was quite good.. The refill drinking water treatment process was carried out using the reverse osmosis method, a combination of the reverse osmosis and ultraviolet methods. The quality of refill drinking water in depots B, D, and F meets the quality standard requirements based on Permenkes 2010. E. coli population contained in refill water in depots A, C and F after storage in gallons for 3 days was above the quality standard requirements so it must be boiled before being consumed by humans.

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