Open AccessA review of seventeen years of bank filtration in Brazil: results, benefits and challenges - Part 2: states of Pernambuco and Minas Gerais
Author(s) -
Marcelo Luiz Emmendoerfer,
Marcelle Martins,
Bruno Segalla Pizzolatti,
Marcus Bruno Domingues Soares,
Aline M. Signori,
Maurício Luiz Sens
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista dae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2675-4959
pISSN - 0101-6040
DOI - 10.36659/dae.2021.083
Subject(s) - turbidity , filtration (mathematics) , metropolitan area , slow sand filter , raw water , environmental science , water quality , water supply , bank , water treatment , fecal coliform , environmental engineering , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , geology , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , cartography , archaeology , ecology , oceanography , statistics , biology
This work is the second part of “A Review of seventeen years of bank filtration in Brazil: results, benefits, and challenges”. Part 2 describes the research on water treatment carried out in the states of Pernambuco (Olinda city, metropolitan region of Recife and region of Garanhuns) and Minas Gerais (Viçosa city). The main benefit of bank filtration (BF) is that it is an alternative way of obtaining a higher quality raw water compared to the traditional water supply methods when local geological conditions are favorable. BF technology highlights other relevant aspects: it may become one of the main water pretreatments in rivers or lakes with sandy sediments; it is possible to obtain quality water in a well up to the first impenetrable layer (30 m deep); the technology removes 100% of total and fecal coliforms; it may reduce water turbidity at high levels; its pretreatment application may reduce the amount of inputs in the water and, consequently, the generated sludge.Keywords: Bank Filtration. Water Treatment. Local Geological Conditions. Pretreatment. Impenetrable Layer.