| Pilot Study Analysis of Three Different Processes in
Drinking Water Treatment |
| Dae Ho Kim, and Byoung Ho Lee† |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan |
Corresponding Author:
Byoung Ho Lee ,Tel: +82-10-5459-0500, Fax: +82-52-259-2629, Email: bhlee@ulsan.ac.kr
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Received: October 24, 2010; Accepted: December 2, 2011. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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In this study, three pilot-scale plants with the capacity 30 m3/day were designed and set up to treat reservoir water for the production
of drinking water. Three treatment processes were compared in the pilot testing: process 1 (coagulation- flocculation- sedimentationsand
filtration- ozone- BAC); process 2 (coagulation- flocculation- sedimentation- microfiltration-ozone- BAC); and process 3 (coagulation-
flocculation- sedimentation- sand filtration- GAC). The quality of water has been evaluated on the basis of selected parameters
such as turbidity, color, consumption of KMnO4, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP), geosmin
and 2-MIB. A detailed assessment of performance was carried out during a five months operation. Process 2 was found to have
better removal efficiency of DOC, THMFP, geosmin and 2-MIB than process 1 and process 3 under identical conditions, although the
removal rate of color was found to be the same in the three cases. |
| Keywords:
Activated carbon | Drinking water | Microfiltration | Ozonation | Sand filtration |
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