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3.  Slow sand filtration  Sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation, settling, fast sand filtration  Softening approaches – lime softening, membrane softening  Filtration - membrane filtration (ultrafiltration, microfiltration)  Disinfection - chlorine, UV, ozone, chlorine dioxide  On-site generation 3

4. 4 Schmutzedecke Fine sand (3-5 ft) Gravel (0.5 ft) Low cost Simple maintenance Effective

5. 5 ‣ Presedimentation is used to reduce surface water turbidity ‣ Historical treatment – Coagulation to reduce turbidity in water- followed by chlorination Improved water appearance Reduced cholera and typhoid ‣ Currently used to reduce Turbidity Natural Organic Matter (NOM)- and disinfection byproducts Bacteria (specifically coliform)

6. 6 Media / sand (2ft) Gravel (6 ft) Pressurized or gravity Backwashed to clean Can use granular activated carbon Mediadensity (g/cm 3 ) Silica2.65 Anthracite1.4-1.7 GAC1.3-1.5 Garnet3.6-4.2 Ilmenite4.2-4.6

7. 7 Coagulation FlocculationSedimentation and / or filtration Coagulant ‣ Removal of particles and natural organic matter (NOM), color, disinfection byproducts (DBP), iron, manganese, arsenic, taste, odor. ‣ Granular activated carbon can be used as a filter and absorber, but regeneration may be different than sand media.

8. 8 Velocity gradient in the mixing basin Effective retention time in the mixing basin Velocity gradient in the flocculation basin Effective retention time in the flocculation basin Surface loading rate of sedimentation basin

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10. 10 Removal - Mn + MnO 2 (s)  2 MnO (s) Precipitation onto filter media ‣ Iron and manganese often occur together in groundwater and can also be removed together in a precipitation filtration reactor

11. 11 Coagulation Flocculation Microfiltration or Ultrafiltration Coagulant Membrane filtration normally uses hollow fiber bundles that can be submerged or pressurized. Can be backwashed. concentrate

12. 12 Pall Microfiltration bank- pressurized Zeeweed Microfiltration cassette- submerged

13. 13 Mineral scaling- Langelier Saturation Index LSI = pH - pHs pHs = (9.3 + A + B) - (C + D) where: A = (Log10 [TDS] - 1) / 10 B = -13.12 x Log10 (°C + 273) + 34.55 C = Log10 [Ca +2 as CaCO 3 ] - 0.4 D = Log10 [alkalinity as CaCO 3 ] LSI < 0  Water will dissolve CaCO 3 LSI > 0  Water will precipitate CaCO 3 LSI ~ 0  Water borderline for scaling Items in blue are needed for calculation

14. 14 ‣ Caustic Soda (NaOH) Ca +2 + HCO 3 - + NaOH  CaCO 3 ↓ + Na + + H 2 O ‣ Lime Ca(OH) 2 Ca +2 + 2HCO 3 - + Ca(OH) 2  2 CaCO 3 ↓ + H2O ‣ Soda (Na 2 CO 3 ) Ca +2 + HCO 3 - + Na 2 CO 3  CaCO 3 ↓ + HCO 3 - + 2Na +  Groundwater with high CO 2 content can be pre-aerated to reduce reagent addition

15. 15 permeate concentrate feed IonFeed (mg/L) Perm (mg/L) Rejection (%) Ca5461098 Mg15322898 SO 4 28883399 Na11912180685 Cl19737180691 Hardness775514098 Data : Desalination and Water Reuse Vol. 13/3

16. 16 ‣ Chlorine- Cl 2 Least expensive, most hazardous, disinfection byproducts (DBP) ‣ Sodium hypochlorite- NaOCl* 12% solution very common, corrosive, decomposes slowly, DBP ‣ Calcium hypochlorite- Ca (OCl) 2 Powder, tends to clump, hard to handle, DBP ‣ Chlorine dioxide – ClO 2 Generated on-site 2NaClO 2 + Cl 2  2 ClO 2 + 2NaCl Care must be taken not to have a residual of chlorite (ClO 2 - ) or chlorate (ClO 3 - ) Chlorination is the Most Widely Used Method of Disinfection * Can be generated by electrical discharge - point of use

17. 17 ‣ Ultraviolet radiation – Hg vapor UV- C radiation germicidal from 220-320 nm Low pressure-high intensity use Hg-In amalgum-0.005 torr operate at 90-150°C Medium pressure-high intensity produce polychromatic light and operate at 600-800°C ‣ Open channel and closed channel designs ‣ Shielding of lamps by particles, algae, oil and grease and scale is a problem ‣ UV is not an oxidation technique but a disinfection technique ‣ Advanced oxidation often work best when several oxidation steps are combined sequentially

18. 18 BacteriaVirusProtozoan cysts Chlorine (free) (mgmin/L) 0.4-0.82.5-3.535-45 Chloramine (mgmin/L) 12-20300-400700-1000 Chlorine dioxide (mgmin/L) 8-102-414-16 Ozone (mgmin/L) 3-40.3-0.50.5-0.9 UV radiation (mJ/cm 2 ) 30-6020-3010-15 * 2 log inactivation. Source: Wastewater Engineering- Metcalf & Eddy

19. 19 ‣ Ozone Generated by electrical discharge- point of use 3 O 2  2 O 3  HO + HO 2 Transfer efficiency is a function of mixing chamber and diffusers Ozone destructors needed to safely operate (offgas hazard) Limited contact time due to rapid decomposition ‣ Ozone / Hydrogen Peroxide (Peroxone) Peroxide addition accelerates ozone decomposition H 2 O 2 + 2 O 3  2 HO + 3 O 2 ‣ Both of these methods leave no residual and do not create chlorinated DBP

20. 20 Source: MIOX Oxidizers are formed by brine electrolysis in electrolysis cells