Category: Water Treatment

What is Depth Filtration? it is a process which involves removal of particulate matter suspended in a liquid. To remove particulate matter liquid is passed through a filter bed comprised…

Determination of Acidity of Water Introduction Acidity of a water is its quantitative capacity to react with a strong base to a designated pH. The measured value may vary significantly…

Disinfection Byproducts In Water Organic and inorganic matter in source water will react with residual disinfecting agents to produce undesirable by-products. Chlorine reacts with heavy molecular NOM and bromide producing…

What is Wastewater? Wastewater or waste-water is any water which is not good for human use. Wastewater is any used water for domestic, industrial, commercial or farming purposes. It means…

Water treatment: Water treatment describes processes that make water more acceptable for a use, which may be domestic or industrial. Water treatment should remove existing water contaminants or so reduce…

Turbidity measurement The importance of measuring turbidity Turbidity is the amount of cloudiness in the water. This can vary from a river full of mud and silt where it would…

Residual Disinfectant in Water Residual disinfectant in water will be present in raw water supplies from a surface source or groundwater source influenced by a surface source. The U.S. EPA…

Colloids in Water Colloids in water are substances that are larger than ionic material but smaller than particulate matter. In general, colloids will exhibit a size of 0.01 to 0.1…

Organic Matter in Raw Water Organic matter in raw water can be classified into two categories: naturally occurring and pollutants. Naturally organic matter will be present in raw water from…

Bacterial Endotoxins Raw water always contains Bacteria and Bacterial endotoxins that exists in a dynamic state. Dynamic state means the bacterial count is always variable, depending on environmental conditions controlling…