For any river water, for ...
Published by Shirish Kardile, Consulting Engineer at K Consultation
For any river water, for mass application of water treatment, Coagulation, flocculation, Settling/Clarification, Filtration and Sterilization unit processes are a MUST. The best read if I recommend you is "Surface Water Treatment for Communities in Developing Countries" by Schulz and Okun ( A WASH Project Product). The state of Maharashtra in India has constructed hundreds of "Simplified Plants" for capacities ranging from 0.5 to 10 mld. They consist of Cascade Aerator, Pebble bed/Mechanical flocculator, Tube Settlers with hopper bottom, Rapid Sand/Dual media filters without Rate Controllers and Chlorination by Bleaching Powder. The plants are found to be sustainable under the present socio-economic-techno environment in India.