Table of contents : Cover Page......Page 1 Title: WATER TREATMENT: PLANT PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND OPERATIONS......Page 3 ISBN 0470288612......Page 4 CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 9 CHAPTER 3 (LIME SOFTENING)......Page 10 CHAPTER 6 (GRIT REMOVAL)......Page 11 CHAPTER 10 (PLANT OPERATIONS MANUAL)......Page 12 CHAPTER 12 (GAC ADSORPTION AND MICROBIAL DEGRADATION)......Page 13 PROCESS EVALUATIONS AND OPERATIONS......Page 14 1 MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE ANALYSIS......Page 15 Source Waters......Page 17 Plant Influent (Raw) Water......Page 19 Recarbonated Water; Filter Influent......Page 21 Filter Effluent......Page 22 Bacterial Populations in Lake Bloomington Water......Page 25 Removal of Bacterial Cells during Lime Softening and Clari cation......Page 26 Overall Bacterial Cell Reductions......Page 27 Bacterial Populations in Filter Effluent before and after Filter Backwash......Page 28 Turbidity of Filter Effluent before and after Backwash......Page 29 Effluent Turbidity from GAC-Capped Filter......Page 30 ELECTRONIC PARTICLE COUNTING FOR EVALUATION OF FILTER PERFORMANCE......Page 32 PHOTOMICROGRAPHS USING EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY......Page 33 REFERENCES......Page 34 Following Coagulation with Polymer and Ferric Sulfate......Page 37 Following Filtration......Page 38 Electronic Particle Counts from Source to Filtered Water......Page 39 Filter Ramping Studies......Page 40 Correlation of Turbidity and Particle Count......Page 42 Filter Ramping Studies......Page 43 Comparative Study of Ramping......Page 45 REFERENCES......Page 46 Magnesium Ion Removals......Page 47 Hardness Reduction......Page 51 Calcium Removals......Page 52 Jar Test Studies of Hardness Reduction......Page 53 REFERENCE......Page 54 REGULATION OF TURBIDITY AS A MICROBIOLOGICAL SURROGATE......Page 55 ADVANCED ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT PERFORMANCE......Page 56 Electronic Particle Counting and Sizing......Page 57 FORMATION OF PARTICLES DURING TREATMENT......Page 58 INTERIM ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE......Page 60 Particle Counts......Page 61 Dissolution of Calcium Carbonate......Page 63 ACIDIFICATION PROTOCOL......Page 64 REFERENCES......Page 65 Filters in the Annex Building......Page 67 Filters in the Main Building......Page 69 FILTER OPERATIONS......Page 71 Filter Monitoring......Page 72 What to Do About High Turbidities......Page 73 TOC Removal by GAC and through Plant......Page 74 Changes in GAC Media......Page 76 GAC Replacement......Page 77 GAC Size Distribution and Characteristics......Page 78 Sand Size Distribution and Characteristics......Page 79 Particles Washed from GAC......Page 82 FILTER EFFLUENT: CALCIUM CARBONATE POST-PRECIPITATION......Page 84 Filter Washing Procedure......Page 85 Measurement of Filter Bed Expansion during Backwash......Page 86 RECOMMENDED TESTING OF AUXILIARY AIR SCOUR......Page 87 REFERENCES......Page 88 6 GRIT REMOVAL......Page 89 Material and Source......Page 90 Slurry Settling Rates......Page 91 CLARICONE SETTLING VELOCITIES VERSUS APPLIED FLOW......Page 95 GRIT REMOVAL MODIFICATION......Page 97 RECARBONATION FOLLOWING SLURRY BLANKET UPSET......Page 99 PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS: EFFECT OF GRITTING......Page 101 POST GRIT......Page 102 pH AND CONDUCTIVITY......Page 103 REVISED GRIT REMOVAL PROTOCOL......Page 105 MODIFIED LIME SLURRY FEED POINTS......Page 109 EVALUATION OF GRIT REMOVAL PROCESS......Page 111 RECARBONATION BASINS: POST-PRECIPITATION PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS......Page 114 RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION OF THE GRITTING PROCESS......Page 116 EVALUATION OF THE INLINE DEGRITTER......Page 117 8 LIME SOFTENER OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS......Page 121 FLOW RATES TO CLARICONES......Page 122 ENERGY INPUT TO IMPART SPIRAL FLOW......Page 123 MODIFICATION OF KINETIC ENERGY INPUT......Page 124 EFFECT OF GRITTING ON SLURRY BLANKET......Page 125 FREQUENCY OF INTENSE CLEANING......Page 126 MAINTENANCE OF LIME DELIVERY SYSTEM......Page 128 Taste and Odor in Source Waters......Page 131 COSTS OF CARBON......Page 132 Alternatives......Page 133 REFERENCE......Page 134 Lake Water Sources......Page 135 Lake Destratifier......Page 138 Watershed Protection......Page 139 Blend of Influen Lake Waters......Page 142 Treatment Processes......Page 143 Water Treatment Flow Diagram......Page 145 Lime Storage and Slaking......Page 147 Recirculating Lime Slurry Pipeline......Page 149 Upflw Solids-Contact Softener/Clarifiers......Page 152 Softening by Precipitation with Lime......Page 158 Lime Softening Sludge......Page 159 Filter Operations......Page 160 Primary Disinfection......Page 162 Secondary (Final) Disinfection......Page 164 LABORATORY FACILITIES......Page 165 SHOP FACILITIES......Page 166 COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OPERATORS AND OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY......Page 168 REFERENCE......Page 169 11 TASTE-AND-ODOR CONTROL......Page 171 NUTRIENT SOURCES AND ORGANISM GROWTH......Page 172 Total Organic Carbon......Page 173 Actinomycetes......Page 174 Geosmin and Methyl Isoborneol (MIB)......Page 175 DESTRATIFICATION......Page 176 LAKE SOURCE WATER PROTECTION......Page 177 ODOR CONTROL: OPERATING PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES......Page 178 EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL FOR MODIFIED OR ENHANCED TREATMENT PROCESS......Page 179 Aeration......Page 180 Potassium Permanganate and Other Oxidizing Agents......Page 181 Fenton’s Reagent......Page 182 BIODEGRADATION: BLOOMINGTON’S WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS MANUAL......Page 183 MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND DESCRIPTION OF MICROGRAPHS......Page 184 TASTE AND ODOR REMISSION AND PAC STUDIES......Page 185 REFERENCES......Page 186 REMOVAL OF GEOSMIN ON GAC......Page 189 Depletion of Dissolved Oxygen......Page 191 Removal of Geosmin......Page 193 Examination of GAC......Page 194 REMOVAL OF GEOSMIN USING OZONATED AIR......Page 195 LAKE WATER MONITORING FOR GEOSMIN AND MIB......Page 197 Geosmin and MIB as a Function of Lake Water Depth......Page 198 Depletion of Dissolved Oxygen in Operating Filters......Page 199 FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS......Page 200 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PLUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE......Page 201 Inhibition of Blue–Green Algal Blooms......Page 203 Application of Powdered Activated Carbon......Page 204 Granular Activated Carbon......Page 205 APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES......Page 207 Microscopic Examination and Enumeration of Bacterial Cell Count......Page 208 Calculation of Total Bacterial Cell Count......Page 209 REFERENCES......Page 211 Recarbonation Basin Effluen......Page 213 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT......Page 214 Information Transfer......Page 217 OPERATOR-ON-DUTY: RESPONSIBILITIES......Page 218 OPERATOR’S LABORATORY: FROM ANALYSIS TO DATABASE......Page 219 OPERATOR-ON-DUTY: MAKING THE ROUNDS......Page 221 Lime Slaking and Storage......Page 230 Lime Recirculation Loop......Page 234 Grit Removal......Page 237 Stabilization......Page 239 Filter Sizes, Media Depths, and Flow Rates......Page 242 Filter Characteristics and Performance......Page 243 GAC Replacement......Page 245 INDEX (with page links)......Page 249 Figure 1-3a–b......Page 251 Figure 1-3e–f......Page 252 Figure 1-3i–j......Page 253 Figure 1-3k–m......Page 254 Figure 1-8a–c......Page 255 Figure 5-23a,b......Page 256 Figure 5-23c–e......Page 257 Figure 12-10a......Page 258 Back Cover Page......Page 259