Water treatment system site selection

The selection of a suitable site for a hatchery is crucial to the cost of establishing and running the hatchery, and thus to the hatchery s economic efficiency. The better and more suitable the raw water quaUty is, the less water treatment is necessary, leading to a reduction in investment and running costs. Theoretically, hatcheries may also be established where the raw water sources are less than optimal, but these will require more water treatment, resulting in higher production costs. For sub-optimal sites, recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) are an alternative because the amount of raw water that has to be treated will be reduced. 

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