Designing and Optimizing Drinking Water Treatment Processes: A Guide to Conducting Investigations

Water treatment facilities normally have a design life of several decades or more and represent a major capital investment and normally significant ongoing operating costs. The optimal design of such facilities typically requires on-site investigations, and Designing and Optimizing Drinking Water Treatment Processes focuses on the important factors that must be considered in planning and conducting such investigations. It describes how to conduct bench and pilot scale investigations necessary for the design or optimization of individual drinking water treatment processes and treatment trains. The book includes a brief description of each process and its underlying theory, with references to standard works where readers can refresh their background. Guidance is provided for investigations of drinking water treatment processes, either for the design of new treatment facilities, the upgrading of existing plants or the optimization of processes in existing plants. General principles of experimental design, adapted to water treatment are included and seven goals for water treatment are identified. The principal audience for Designing and Optimizing Drinking Water Treatment Processes is consultants, staff of water treatment plants, producers of water treatment equipment and regulators, and postgraduate students in water treatment.