1. Dr. Martin T. Auer MTU Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Water Treatment

2. Drinking Water Process Train

3. Charge Neutralization

4. Bridging

5. Drinking Water Process Train

6. Flocculation

7. Settling

8. Particle Settling

9. Filtration

10. sorption Chlorine Distribution

11. Drinking Water Process Train

12. Equilibrium Chemistry

13. Iron and Manganese

14. Hardness

15. Organic chemicals are typically removed from a water supply prior to distribution through the process of adsorption: the physical-chemical attraction of a solid material for a chemical in solution. In adsorption, the chemical being adsorbed is termed the adsorbate and the solid to which it sorbs is the adsorbent. Influent stream Effluent stream Carbon Adsorption

16. For adsorption to be effective, the chemical must sorb strongly. Poorly soluble (hydrophobic) compounds (e.g. the components of gasoline) adsorb more strongly than highly soluble (hydrophilic) compounds (e.g. table salt). 0 2 4 6 02468 Time (d) Concentration (mg/L) Poorly sorbed Strongly sorbed … tendency to sorb

17. The most commonly used adsorbent is granular activated carbon (GAC). These irregular particles, 0.2-5 mm in diameter, are a char of carbon material (wood or coal). They are ‘activated’ or made more porous by exposure to steam at high temperature. Activated carbon has 1000 m 2 of adsorbing surface area per gram (~ 1 teaspoon) or equivalent to that of a 40 acre farm in one handful! Source: Sontheimer et al. 1988 Source: Chemviron Carbon Source: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals … activated carbon

18. In drinking water treatment, adsorption with GAC is accomplished using a packed bed column. The untreated water is introduced at the top of the column and trickles down through the GAC. Contaminants are removed en route and clean water emerges at the bottom of the column. In application, columns 6 feet in diameter and 30 feet in height are not uncommon. GAC columns Bed Carbon … application in water treatment

19. Water flows thru the column and contaminants are adsorbed. With time, the GAC becomes saturated (sorption capacity is reached) and contaminants exit the bed (breakthrough). The exhausted carbon must then be replaced. C in C eq C out exhaustion breakthrough … column operation

20. Asbestos/Arsenic/Metals Removal Ferric sulfate: asbestos, arsenic, cadmium, chromium,copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, silver Alum: asbestos, nickel, uranium

21. Reverse Osmosis

22. Ultrafiltration

23. 300 µm ID 500 µm OD polypropylene fiber

24. Ultrafiltration 0.2 µm nominal pore size

25. Ultrafiltration Technology epoxy seal permeate flow raw water in

26. Ultrafiltration banks of fiber bundles

27. Ultrafiltration contaminants backwashing

28. Home Water Treatment Reverse osmosis unit (salt) Softening by ion exchange (hardness)

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