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Optimize Spent‐Filter Backwash Water
Author(s) -
Leible Bob
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2008.tb02005.x
Subject(s) - filter (signal processing) , process (computing) , environmental science , engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , operating system
This article discusses an effort by the city of Aurora, Illinois, to improve treatment and handling of spent‐filter backwash water. The capacity of the its backwash pond limited the plant's ability to backwash filters, among other issues, and the article discusses operational solutions that were considered, how process control optimized treatment, and additional benefits from modifications that deferred the need for costly capital improvements.