The application of the direct series filtration process for the treatment of South-African surface waters were investigated as an appropriate and affordable water treatment technology because of the low-cost and ease of constructing these filters.
| Title | Evaluation of direct series filtration for the treatment of South African surface waters |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Swartz, CD, van der Walt, CJ, van der Merwe, PJ |
| Secondary Title | WRC report |
| Volume | no. 354/1/97 |
| Pagination | xiv, 50 p. + annexes (98 p.) : fig., photogr., tab. |
| Date Published | 1997-01-01 |
| Publisher | Water Research Commission, WRC |
| Place Published | Pretoria, South Africa |
| ISBN Number | 1868453316 |
| Keywords | direct filtration, evaluation, pilot plants, sdiwat, south africa, surface waters, upflow-downflow filtration, water treatment plants |
| Abstract | The application of the direct series filtration process for the treatment of South-African surface waters were investigated as an appropriate and affordable water treatment technology because of the low-cost and ease of constructing these filters. The project aimed: a. to evaluate the process on pilot scale at a number of different raw water sources, representative of the major types of different surface waters in South Africa; and b. to determine whether it presents a cost-efficient treatment option which could replace the more conventional technologies on a larger scale. A further aim pending the outcome of the pilot tests, was to establish what further applied research would be necessary to draw up design guidelines and develop the process. |
| Notes | 20 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 255.5 |
