Evaluating and Improving Water Treatment Plant Processes at Fixed Army Installations.
Abstract
Research was conducted to: (1) determine processes at Army water treatment facilities that may be inadequate to meet recent regulatory requirements on potable water; (2) develop a method of relating treatment processes with treatment plant inadequacies and identifying design, operation, and maintenance criteria that could be altered to solve problems and improve performance; and (3) present, in an understandable form, proven new technologies and operational changes that will help solve problems and improve performance of Army water treatment plants. Information was gathered from personnel at 44 installations, the Major Commands, the Facilities Engineering Support Agency, and the Office of the Surgeon General to determine which treatment processes are unable to meet regulatory standards for potable water. New technologies for processes affected by these regulations were investigated for possible application to Army facilities. Army and municipal plants that use these new techniques, along with advantages and disadvantages reported, are presented. It was found that the areas where regulatory requirements for potable water most affect Army water treatment plants are: corrosion, sludge, handling and disposal, iron and manganese removal, trihalomethanes, high fluorides, high salinity, high nitrates, and coagulation/flocculation/clarification. Processes related to these problem areas are discussed. Trace organics were also identified as a problem area and are discussed in USA-CERL TR N-85/11.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA157306
Entities
People
- E. D. Smith
- J. T. Bandy
- L. E. Lang
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory