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Capability and Cost of Treatment Technologies for Small Systems
Author(s) -
Logsdon Gary S.,
Sorg Thomas J.,
Clark Robert M.
Publication year - 1990
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.1551-8833.1990.tb06978.x
Subject(s) - filtration (mathematics) , reverse osmosis , lime , water treatment , waste management , coagulation , process engineering , activated carbon , environmental science , environmental engineering , chemistry , engineering , materials science , adsorption , membrane , mathematics , biochemistry , statistics , psychiatry , metallurgy , psychology , organic chemistry
Treatment technologies for small systems should have low construction and operating costs, simple operation, low maintenance, and low labor requirements. Processes that meet some or all of these conditions are coagulation‐filtration package plants, diatomaceous earth filtration, slow sand filtration, ion exchange, granular activated carbon, and air stripping. Reverse osmosis, lime softening, and activated alumina may also be used. All of these processes are evaluated based on capability and cost.