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Disinfection is one of the fundamental processes in any water treatment plant. Although most of the processes present in a plant are efficient to remove solids and other contaminants from the water. Most have difficulties in removing micro…
In order to obtain higher quality water, with a lower amount of impurities and contaminants, advanced filtration processes have become essential to achieve this purpose. Advanced filtration is based on the use of membranes, which, dependin…
The clarified water that leaves the settler enters the filtration system where the water is passed through a bed (sand, sand and anthracite mainly) in order that the particles and certain microorganisms are retained within the bed.
Once the water has passed through the flocculation structure, the water enters the settler and there the formed floc separates from the water thanks to the low flow velocity and the floc's own weight, allowing it to fall to the bottom of t…
To promote the coagulation of the water, chemicals known as coagulants are added. Of these we can find several types of chemical products that work in a similar way, varying the presentation and availability in certain regions of the world.
Once the rapid mixing is done, the water is led to the flocculation tank where the particles begin to join with each other forming larger one called floc. In this structure, the gentler agitation (slow mixing) than in coagulation (fast mix…
The water coming from the source that arrives at the treatment plant comes with suspended particles that, due to their small size, are not able to settle (fall to the bottom of the tank) because of their weight. Therefore, chemicals (coag…
It refers to the actions carried out to increase the availability of water in a population by transferring water from a neighboring basin and the purchase of water in bulk, among others.
The representation of a catchment system makes it possible to rganize the information in the image and likeness of the infrastructure on the field. The elements of the catchment system are physical objects that fulfill a specific function …
An intake is a hydraulic structure designed to divert part of the available water from a watercourse (river, stream, or canal), from a lake or even from the sea, generally to convey the liquid to a drinking water supply system.