Water supplies, treatment

Walker, R. Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution (Prentice-Hall, New York. 1978),... 

Water Supply Treatment Conventional Wastewater Treatment Alternative Waste Treatment Chemicals Waste Segregation Sludge Dewatering Alternate Waste Treatment ion Exchange Evaporation... 

Rinse Efficiency Drag-oul Reduction Recycling and Resource Recovery Waste Material Reuse Rinse Water and Process Bath Recycling Treatment Alternatives Water Supply Treatment Water Segregation... 

Ferguson, J.F. and Anderson, M.A. (1974) Chemical form of arsenic in water supplies and their removal, in Chemistry of Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution (ed A.J. Rubin), Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Flotation is a solid-liquid separation process that transfers solids to the liquid surface through attachment of gas bubbles to solid particles. Flotation processes are used in the processing of crushed ores, whereby a desired mineral is separated from the gangue or non-mineral-containing material. Various applications in solid separation processes are also in use in waste and water supply treatment. Algae have been removed successfully from surface waters by flotation. 

While this DE technology has been used extensively in specialized applications, such as swimming pools and military mobile water and wastewater applications (7-10), DE filtration is a new technology for municipal water supply treatment. 

A commonly observed effect of acidic precipitation is an increased concentration of aluminum in water of streams and lakes. Water of lakes that received acidic runoff may increase in transparency (26) owing to coagulation and settling of suspended organic and inorganic particulates. This effect is probably related to aluminum hydrolysis, as it is the same as the coagulation step in water-supply treatment cited earlier. 

Fig. 7-6. Predominance area diagrams for aqueous chlorine and aqueous iodine at 25 C. (a) Aqueous chlorine and (b) aqueous iodine. After D. G. Taylor and J, D. Johnson, chapter in Chemistry oi Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution, A. J. Rubin, ed, Ann Arbor Science, 1974. Reprinted by permission of Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc, Mich.

Among desalination technologies available today, reverse osmosis (RO) is usually the most economical process for wide range of water salinity. Main application includes production of high purity water, desalination of seawater and brackish water for a drinking water supply, treatment of waste water for environmental protection, and recovery of precious materials from industrial waste water. 

Any garbage, refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisoUd, or contained gaseous material, resulting from industriaL commercial, mining, and agriculmral operations and from community activities. 

After Ishizaki, C. and Cookson, J.T., in Chemistry of Water Supply Treatment, and Distribution, A.J. Rubin, Ed. Ann Arbor Science. Pubk, Ann Arbor MI, 1980, p. 201. Reproduced with permission from Ann Arbor Science Publishers. 

The problem is that water containing a growing number of pharmaceuticals is entering wastewater-treatment plants that are not equipped to remove them. The issue is compounded by the comparable lack of techniques available to water supply treatment facilities. This water-quality issue will most probably increase in importance. 

Wastewater Treatment. This field is concerned with the proper treatment of sewage. Its relevance and connection to water supply is immediately obvious if one notes that sewage-treatment plants commonly discharge their treated wastes into the same rivers that water-supply treatment plants use as their source of water. Potable-water plants can quite easily be found downstream of sewage plants. New Orleans is at the downstream end of the Mississippi, and there are many wastewater plants upstream, so the problem is a real one. 

Another popular method which gives a high-quality water is reverse osmosis (RO), often called ultrafiltration or hyperfiltration. Though often considered too expensive for industrial use, RO has found extensive applications in domestic water supplies. The production of highly efficient osmotic membranes has made RO competitive with distillation for the production of salt-free water. RO does not, however, remove volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the water supply. Treatment with granulated activated carbon (GAC) can be very effective for this purpose (see Chap. 16 and Appendix C). 

Water Management (ICE) (1741-7589). The latest ICE proceedings title, bringing together all the papers on water supply, treatment, and resources management in the broadest sense. 

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