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Building Services
Topic: Water Treatment Presentation
Created By: Padraig McMahonStudent ID: 0236381
Water Treatment Mr McMahon
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Hydrological Cycle
Water Conists in three forms Solid, Liquid, and vapour Circulates through the biosphere
Step 1 (Evapouration)Water Leaves the earths surface and enters the atmosphereBy evaporation.(Transpiration of plants)
Step 2 (Condensation)Vapour forms clouds. As the air pressure & temp change, the
vapour condenses depositing moisture.
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Hydrological Cycle
Step 3 (Precpipatation) Rainfall occurs when the droplets formed in condensation are large enough
Dew Point The temp at which air cannot hold all the
moisture in it and dew begins to form
Step 4 (Infiltration)Rainwater Flows through rivers/ streams back to seaSoaks into soil (groundwater) and eventually runs back to ocean
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Hydrological Cycle
Process Provides Water that is constantly cycled & Recycled Cleaned and repurified Maintains good stream quality
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Pure Water
Solids In Water Great ConcernProvides adsorption sites for
biological and chemical agents
Solids Consists of Inorganic, organic or
immisible liquids like oils,grease,etc..
Inorganic particles could be clay,silt,soil,etc..
Organic particles could be plant fibers, bacteria, etc..
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Turbidity The passage of light through water, high turbidity can result from,
• Very small particulate Colloidal material e.g rocks, silt, etc..
Pure Water
Colour Pure Water has no colour, Foreign substances like Vegetation, minerals, wastes can often tint water. Waters colour can affect
• Marketability• Safety issues• Laundering• Food Processing• Papermaking, etc..
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Temperature Temp of the water within
the treatment plant can affect the strength at which the chemicals work at.
Pure Water
Drinking Standards All these qualities are
needed to create safe drinkable water.
Regulations are needed and here is one chart of regulations from America
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Surface Water
4,250 billion gallons of water per day falls on US mainland 66% returns to the atmosphere by evaporation.
Sources may include Rivers, streams Lakes Impoundments (man made dam) Springs Rain catchments Tundra ponds- or peat bogs
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Surface Water
Surface Water Advantages: Easy to locate Not tainted with minerals (leached
out during contact with earths surf
Surface Water Disadvantages
Human interference (can affect run off rate as well)
Easily contaminated with micro organisms
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Groundwater
Water that has fallen below the earths crust and not evaporated is known as ground water. It travels through the earths crust
reaches aquifers and passes on to what is known as a water table
• Aquifers are simply dissolved rocks that allow water to pass through them deep underground.
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Groundwater
Advantages The water is not as easily contaminated. (Natural filtering process) Quality and quantity remains constant throughout the year Less affected by short-term droughts
Disadvantages Higher operational costs, (Groundwater has to be pumped) If contaminated very hard to disinfect Due to long contact with earth, minerals are present, Which leads to hardness in operational materials, e.g. pipes.
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Water Treatment Process
Steps that water either Ground or Surfacewater passes through in order to be correctly treated
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Water Intake Water has to be taken from source
to treatment Facility
Water Quality Best at surface Various Entry points Top Ports are only opened
Advantages Option of ports in seasonal change Control of quantity, quality of water
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Water Intake
There are various method of water intake, submerged ports, shoreline structures, etc..
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Screening The removal of debris (most important for surface water)
Various types
Trash screens or rakes Travelling screens Drum screens Bar screens Etc…
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Screening
Step 1Largest Debris is taken by trash screens or rakes they are made from steel
High Density Polymers are becoming used more often
Spacings of 1.5inches to 4inches (37mm-100mm)
Mountained on a fixed structure
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Screening Traveling Water Screens
Series of wire mesh panels,Bolted to frames and attached to aligned roller chains
Placed in Channel of flowing Water Removes floating debris High Pressure sprays remove
debris at top of screens
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Very few moving parts Simplicity of design &
construction means low Instillation Costs Operational costs Maintenance Costs
Screening
Drum Screens
Screen is mountained on a horizontal axis, it turns slowly picking up debris flowing through it
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More Common at wastewater facilities
Handles large debris Debris is removed by
wiper mechanism
Screening
Bar Screens
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Coagulation Process PurposeScreened water is pumped into tanks and allowed settle.Gravity and sedimentation allows particles that are denser than
water sink.
Not all particles are removed, colloids, bacteria, turbidity, etc.. remains
Cogulation process provides help. Rapidly mixing chemicals Slowly stirring mixture Finally sedimentaion removes the particles
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Cogulation Rapidly mixes certain chemicals into the water to allow particles to clump togeather easlier
Coagulation
Types of chemicals mixed are dependent on individual plant or process schemes.
The most common
added is Aluminium
Fact “Colloidal particales must be coagulated to be removed”!!
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The clumping of particles as a result of cogulation, It is the most critical factor that affects particle removal.
Flocculation
Slow mixing process (designed to bring particles into contact)
Collide, stick, agglomerate (grow), & settles
Warnings Too much mixing (breaks floc down into smaller units Speed of mixing water (strictly controlled Gentle agitation for about 30mins using redwood paddles
is standard
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Flocculation Warnings
Too much mixing (breaks floc down into smaller units
Speed of mixing water (stricly controlled
Gentle agitaion for about 30mins using redwood paddles is standard
Big Red-Wood Panels
Coagulation TankFlocculation Tank
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Summary
Coagulation and Flocculation work together to remove much of the hidden debris within the water
The smaller impurities that remain uses more complex processes to ratify the water
Flocculation
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Sedimentation Sedimentation (or Clarification) is a
physical process that seperates solids from influent water by gravitional action
Process Water flows horizontally
through sedimentation basins. Detention time 1-10hrs
(typically) Water rises floc settles, to
bottom Expelled mechanically by
sludge removal machinery
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Floc Particals still remain, Lighter Particles flow out Sludge disposed of in
lagoon.
Sedimentation
Sedimentation balances time efficiency against removal rate efficiency
Physical laws of gravity are evident for the removal of particales too small for intial screening to halt
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Filtration Filtration is also a physical process. Last physical step in process
Generally 5% of suspended impurities remain after sedimentation Filtration is a polishing process, and it involves passing
water through a porous granular material
Various Types Rapid sand, slow sand, diatomaceous earth, package systems
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Slow Sand Filters Bacteriological action
Filtration
Sand develops a film of fine particales.
Gradual loss of flow
Fine pore spaces clog easily Maual scraping of top 20mm’s of
sand is required every fortnight
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Anthracite Coal Filters Consists of coal and fine sand Coal traps large floc Fine sand traps smaller
impurities
Filtration
The Process is called in-depth filtration, as the impurities are not simply screened our or removed at the surface of the filter bed, as the case inslow sand filters
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Chlorination
In USA the disinfectant choice has been chlorine Effective, Relatively inexpensive, Meets Regulation Standards
In USA the disinfectant choice has been chlorine Effective, Relatively inexpensive, Meets Regulation Standards
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All Vacuum Chlorinator
Chlorination
Vacuum Formed by water flowing through ejector unit at high velocity
Chlorine is sucked out along with the water
“Venturi” Tightning of a tube to create higher pressure & velocity at the point e.g carburettor