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Small Town Gets Big Technology with Microfiltration
Author(s) -
Townley Chris G.,
Oberdorf Amy DeGeer
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2002.tb01646.x
Subject(s) - microfiltration , metropolitan area , filtration (mathematics) , environmental engineering , environmental science , business , engineering , waste management , environmental planning , geography , mathematics , statistics , archaeology , membrane , genetics , biology
For more than 35 years, the Linwood (Michigan) Metropolitan Water District used diatomaceous earth (DE) filters for water filtration. By the mid‐1990s, these filters no longer adequately provided clean and sufficient drinking water for the utility's 375 customers. Several factors are discussed in this article that Linwood considered before deciding which new treatment would best meet its needs. It was decided to install a new microfiltration plant and the system design and configuration are described, along with the benefits and disadvantages of such a system.