Water Treatment: Plant Performance Evaluations and Operations

摘要

This book presents the results of a series of 26 on-site studies to systematically evaluate and improve unit processes, operations, and procedures at the Bloomington, Illinois, water treatment plant. It provides guidelines for comparable long-term studies, illustrating how other water treatment plants might develop their own advanced analytic laboratory capabilities, assess treatment process performance, and improve their operations. Using a case study approach, the authors address such issues as: (1) maintaining regulatory compliance; (2) evaluating particle and organism removal performance; (3) testing, evaluating, and enhancing filter operations; (4) managing seasonal taste and odor problems resulting from algal blooms; (5) improving lime softening performance, efficiency, and operations; (6) quantifying GAC adsorption and microbial degradation of organic matter; and (7) developing a comprehensive plant operations manual.