Optimal Pump Scheduling in an Open Reservoir Water-Treatment Incorporating Evaporation and Seepage Effect

Author(s):  
P.B. Ngancha ◽  
K. Kusakana ◽  
E.D. Markus
1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Bauer ◽  
R. Bayley ◽  
M. J. Chipps ◽  
A. Eades ◽  
R. J. Scriven ◽  
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Thames Water treats approximately 2800Ml/d of water originating mainly from the lowland rivers Thames and Lee for supply to over 7.3million customers, principally in the cities of London and Oxford. This paper reviews aspects of Thames Water's research, design and operating experiences of treating algal rich reservoir stored lowland water. Areas covered include experiences of optimising reservoir management, uprating and upgrading of rapid gravity filtration (RGF), standard co-current dissolved air flotation (DAF) and counter-current dissolved air flotation/filtration (COCO-DAFF®) to counter operational problems caused by seasonal blooms of filter blocking algae such as Melosira spp., Aphanizomenon spp. and Anabaena spp. A major programme of uprating and modernisation (inclusion of Advanced Water Treatment: GAC and ozone) of the major works is in progress which, together with the Thames Tunnel Ring Main, will meet London's water supply needs into the 21st Century.


1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Ta ◽  
C. A. Woodward

A Treatability Index is developed to allow comparison of different reservoir waters according to their effects on a water treatments works. For the water treatment works which employs rapid gravity filters, the index is the product of the algal concentration, the clarification coefficients of algae and the filtration rate. The index is applied to reservoir waters within Thames Water area. Algae observed in reservoirs are grouped according to their shapes. Among these groups, twenty frequently observed species were selected and their clarification coefficients were measured. The treatability index was then evaluated for different waters and at different times of the year. The results were correlated to the filter run lengths and the development of headloss across the filters.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-436
Author(s):  
Mariela Cuartucci

Abstract Ultrafiltration is increasingly popular in many types of water and effluent treatment, and has been developed substantially since the turn of the century, especially for waters that are difficult to treat – e.g. surface-, waste- and sea-waters, among others. This paper is a case of study of the San Juan Reservoir Water Treatment Plant in Chongon, Ecuador, which uses ultrafiltration for water treatment. The treatment process is described with special focus on the use of ultrafiltration as a cost-effective surface water treatment. San Juan Reservoir suffers from high bacterial loads, turbidity levels and color, and the seasonal presence of algae (cyanobacteria). The advantages of ultrafiltration over conventional treatment are highlighted, as well as the technology's potential for micro-plastics removal. Micro-plastics are an emerging pollutant that has recently gained importance in drinking water treatment.


Nafta-Gaz ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
Andrzej Janocha ◽  
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Dorota Kluk ◽  

The article presents the issues related to of the removal of suspensions and sediments from reservoir waters. In the conducted research, particular emphasis was placed on the techniques of using loading materials in the water treatment process. The research materials were four types of reservoir water, which was collected from the separators of wells exploiting natural gas deposits. These waters were characterized by high suspended solids (76–176 mg/dm3) and a varied degree of mineralization. The content of dissolved substances was determined in the range from 401 to 306 428 mg/dm3. The extracted reservoir waters are currently most often utilized by pumping into the absorbing horizons in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs. The preparation of water for injection is limited only to the removal of easily settling solid particles and suspensions present in the extracted formation waters. The porosity and permeability of the deposit rocks determine the size of solid particles present in the water that can be forced into voids in the porous medium. In the process of water treatment by coagulation and flocculation, carried out in laboratory conditions, Flokor ASW was used as a coagulant, while Stabpol was used as a flocculant. Post-coagulation sludge is highly hydrated, so that its density is close to that of water, as a result of which sedimentation of sludge particles takes a long time. In order to increase the sedimentation rate of particles contained in the treated waters, ballasting materials, which were quartz sand and bentonites: powdery bentonite and bentonite preparation DuoBent 1, were successively introduced into the solutions. The effectiveness of the water treatment process was assessed by comparing the degree of turbidity of the solution above the sediment before and after adding a different amount of coagulant, flocculant and sediment-balancing materials. The turbidity measurement of the tested solutions allows to estimate the content of suspensions and colloids in them. Laboratory tests were carried out on the possibility of using selected materials ballasting suspensions in the process of reservoir water treatment. Effective doses of ballast materials recommended for use in the separation of suspensions from formation waters were determined. Research results presented in this paper show that the removal of suspended solids from formation waters can be carried out with the use of a properly prepared bentonite agent (DuoBent 1) with no need of adding other chemical compounds. The doses of the DuoBent 1 bentonite preparation, dosed into highly mineralized reservoir waters in order to remove turbidity, are relatively small. Adding bentonite into the treated waters in amounts exceeding 0.2 g/dm3 results in obtaining high clarity of the water intended for injection (turbidity at the level of 0–5 FAU). The results of the research can be implemented for practical use as a simple method of purifying reservoir water prior to injection into the formation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-247
Author(s):  
K. Bornmann ◽  
B. Wricke ◽  
D. Habel

Most surface water treatment plants use floc-filtration as the most important treatment step in drinking water production. This paper presents a new technological development which allows floc-filtration to be carried out in pressure filters. Experiments in pilot and full scale show its high efficiency. The technological development allows us to treat algal-rich and high turbid matter containing raw water efficiently at high filtration rates. Floc formation can be realised by means of a special reaction tank in front of the filter inlet. Efficient removal of particles and turbidity is achieved if filtration with filter inlet flow controller is used.


2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 2686-2690
Author(s):  
Gui Qing Gao ◽  
Hai Yan Ju ◽  
Du Wang Li

The pilot-scale experiment of air flotation was carried out for reservoir water treatment of Shenzhen in order to provide reference for waterplant. The results show the turbidity of raw water is higher or lower than 15NTU, the optimum dosage of poly aluminum chloride (PAC) is 1.65mg/L and 1.25mg/L respectively. When the turbidity of raw water is between 3NTU and 32NTU, the amount of algae is less than 1.08×107unit/L, the removal rate of air flotation for turbidity and algae is 89.3% and 92.7% respectively; besides, the average removal rate of air flotation on CODMn is 32.6%, 21.2% of TOC is removed at least. Air flotation has preferable treatment effect on high–algae and low-turbidity water, adapts to treat micro-polluted water in South China.


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