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Economics of Split‐Treatment Water Softening
Author(s) -
Shuey Bruce S.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1966.tb01561.x
Subject(s) - softening , water softening , alkalinity , aside , quality (philosophy) , environmental science , economics , agricultural economics , materials science , chemistry , composite material , physics , art , literature , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
This article presents three major reasons why split treatment is more economical than single‐stage softening. Aside from the monetary savings from split treatment, a water of more uniform quality can be produced with much less trouble than with either single‐stage softening or split recarbonation. This uniform quality makes it easier to treat the water for other purposes. The article concludes that when a finished water with the minimum total alkalinity is produced and an average of S4 mgd is treated, the annual savings at the Dayton, Ohio, Ottawa St. plant presently amounts to more than $80,000.