C@LTVAT@HG HC [ATEV Fy2 Dr' Thoas U' Kag`rhg Br
C@LTVAT@HG HC [ATEV
C`ltrat`hg `s used `g add`t`hg th rekular ihakulat`hg agd sed`oegtat`hg chr reohval hc shl`ds crho surcaie water hr wastewater' Tm`s prepares tme water chr c hr use as phtafle, fh`ler, fh`ler , hr ihhl`gk oane/up' [astewater c`ltrat`hg melps users oeet ohre str`gkegt eccluegt d`simarke pero`t requ`reoegts' requ`reoe gts'
C@LTVAT@HG HC [ATEV
C`ltrat`hg, usually ihgs`dered a s`ople oeimag`ial prhiess, aitually `gvhlves tme oeimag`sos hc adshrpt`hg -pmys`ial agd imeo`ial), stra`g`gk, sed`oegtat`hg, `gteriept`hg, d`ccus`hg, agd `gert`al ihopait`hg' C`ltrat`hg dhes ght reohve d`sshlved shl`ds, fut oay fe used thketmer w`tm a shcteg`gk prhiess, wm`im dhes reduie tme ihgiegtrat`hg hc d`sshlved shl`ds' Chr exaople, agtmrai`te c`ltrat`hg `s used th reohve res`dual prei`p`tated mardgess salts reoa`g`gk acter ilar`c`iat`hg `g prei`p`tat`hg shcteg`gk'
C@LTVAT@HG HC [ATEV
@g ohst water ilar`c`iat`hg hr shcteg`gk prhiesses wmere ihakulat`hg ih akulat`hg agd prei`p`ta prei` p`ta hiiur, at least a phrt`hg hc tme ilar`c`ed wa c`ltered' Ilar`c`er eccluegts hc 6/1: GTU o fe `oprhved th :'1/1': GTU fy ihgvegt`h sagd c`ltrat`hg' C`ltrat`hg egsures aiieptafl aiieptaf suspegded shl`ds ihgiegtrat`hgs `g tme c`g` water eveg wmeg upsets hiiur `g tme
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
A &slhw sagd c`lter& `s 1 th 1'5 oeters tm`in tm`i Tme c`ltrat`hg ihoes crho sagd part`iles tm are afhut :'95 oo `g d`aoeter agd ca`rly ug`chro' Tme shl`ds `g tme water ihlleit oh hg thp hc tme c`lter agd are siraped away at `gtervals hc 1 th 3 ohgtms' At tm`s t`oe tme sagd `s ileaged fy v`khrhus clusm`gk w`tm water clhw`gk upward'
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
Tm`s type hc c`lter `s phpular `g Eurhpe feiause a prev`hus step chr ihakulat`hg iag fe ho`tted' Ce suim c`lters mave feeg used `g tme U'Y' feiause tm t water shuries tegd th mave c`ge ilay tmat pegetra agd ilhks tmeo'
Yagd adshrfs hrkag`i ihophugds hg wm`im o`irhhrkag`sos iag ceed' Tme m`kmest gutr`egt ihgiegtrat`hg `s r`kmt hg tme sagd kragules, sh tm wmere tme hrkag`sos krhw' O`irhf`al krhwtm ilh
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
Thh ouim mead lhss `s tme s`kgal tmat ileag `s requ`red' Imlhr`gat`hg n`lls tme o`irhhrkag`sos agd neeps tme c`lter kh`gk lhgker' A &rap`d sagd c`lter& `s less deep> malc a oe th hge oeter `s a typ`ial tm`ingess' T`oe u ileag`gk `s a oatter hc mhurs, ght days' Yo part`iles whuld whul d pass tmhukm, sh ihakulat`h ihakul at`h pr`hr th c`ltrat`hg c`ltrat` hg `s oagdathry'
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
C`ltrat`hg dhes ght always perchro sat`scaithr`ly Tmere `s a ir`s`s `g tme U'Y' feiause hc hutfreans k`ardas`s agd irypthsphrhs`s' Tme chroer `s phpu ialled &feaver cever& agd reseofles a really fad hc `gtest`gal clu' Tme latter `s ialled &irypth& chr agd `s ouim ohre hcteg deadly' Tme sphres tmat i irypth are ca`rly larke agd smhuld ght fe d`cc`iult d`cc`iul reohve fy c`ltrat`hg, fut shoe i`t`es mave egihugtered per`hds wmeg tme`r water suppl`es a
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
Tme ihakulat`hg step iag fe hperated phhrly th ` tme sufsequegt c`ltrat`hg step' [meg ihakulat`hg depegds hg estafl`sm`gk `gshluf`l`ty, prei`p`tates chro' Mhwever, prei`p`tat`hg `s ght `gstagtagehu agd rates depegd hg ava`lafle surcaie hg wm`im t dephs`t' Yeed irystals iag fe added hg wm`im tme prei`p`tate krhws, hr gatural supersaturat`hg iag tme prei`p`at`hg prhiess' Tme prhfleo steos crho prhv`d`gk succ`i`egt t`oe chr ihoplete prei`p`tat
VAZ@D YAGD C@LTEV
@c tme water crho tme ihakulat`hg step khes qu`inly th tme c`ltrat`hg step, prei`p`tat`hg ieoegt sagd kra`gs thketmer' Tm`s oanes ileag`gk d`cc`iult agd k`ves ugeveg part`il s`ze w`tm d`cceregt aohugts hc ieoegt`gk a d`cceregt deptms' Zart`iles hc sagd stuin thketmer agd trapp`gk bugn are ialled &oudfalls&'
TPZ@IAL IHGYTVUIT@H
Ihgvegt`hgal krav`ty agd pressure rap`d c`lters hperate dhwg clhw' Tme c`lter oed`uo `s usually 9: `g' deep fed hc sagd hr agtmrai`te' Y`gkle hr oult`ple krades hc sagd hr agtmrai`te oay fe use
A larke part`ile fed supphrts tme c`lter oed`a th prevegt c`ge sagd hr agtmrai`te crho esiap`gk `gt ugder dra`g systeo' Tme supphrt fed alsh serves d`str`fute fainwasm water' Typ`ial supphrt feds ihgs`st hc 1 = 1 `g' kravel hr agtmrai`te `g kraded krade
TPZEY HC OED@A
Quartz sagd, s`l`ia sagd, agtmrai`te ihal, karget, oakget`te, agd htmer oater`als oay used as c`ltrat`hg oed`a' Y`l`ia sagd agd agtmrai`te are tme ohst ihoohgly used typ [meg s`l`ia `s ght su`tafle -e'k', `g c`lters chllhw`gk a mht prhiess shcteger wmere tme treated water `s `gtegded chr fh`ler ceed), agtmrai`te `s usually used'
TPZEY HC OED@A
Tme s`ze agd smape hc tme c`lter oed`a accei acce tme ecc`i`egiy hc tme shl`ds reohval' Ymarp agkular oed`a chro larke vh`ds agd reohv less c`ge oater`al tmag rhugded oed`a hc equ`valegt s`ze' Tme oed`a oust fe iharse eghukm th allhw shl`ds th pegetrate tme fed 6/4 `g' Altmhukm ohst suspegded shl`ds ar trapped at tme surcaie hr `g tme c`rst 1/6 `g' fed deptm, shoe pegetrat`hg peget rat`hg `s essegt`al essegt` al th
TPZEY HC OED@A
Yagd agd agtmrai`te chr c`lters are rated fy ecceit part`ile s`ze agd ug`chro`ty' Tme ecceit`ve s`ze `s tmat apprhx`oately 1:% hc tme thtal kra`gs fy we are soaller agd 0:% are larker' Tmerechre, tme ecceit`ve s`ze `s tme o`g`ouo s`ze hc ohst hc tme part`iles' Ug`chro`ty `s oeasured fy ihopar`shg ecceit`ve s`ze th tme s`ze at wm`im 3:% hc tme kra fy we`kmt are soaller agd 4:% are larker' Tm`s l s`ze, d`v`ded fy tme ecceit`ve s`ze, `s ialled tme ug`chro`ty ihecc`i`egt/tme soaller tme ug`chro`ty
TPZEY HC OED@A
C`ger sagds result `g smallhwer zhges chr tme rete hc suspegded oatter' Tme ohst des`rafle oed`a s depegds hg tme suspegded shl`ds imaraiter`st`is a well as tme eccluegt qual`ty requ`reoegts agd tme spei`c`i c`lter des`kg' @g kegeral, rap`d sagd c`lter sagd w`tm ag ecceit`ve s`ze hc :'95/:'3: oo -:': :':64 `g') agd a oax`ouo ug`chro`ty ihecc`i`eg 1';' Iharse oed`a, hcteg :'3/1': oo -:':64/:':4 are used chr ilhsely ihgtrhlled ihakulat`hg agd
O@]ED OED@A C@LTEV FE
Tme teros &oult`layer,& &`g/deptm,& agd &o`xed oed`a& apply th a type hc c`lter fed wm`im `s krad fy s`ze agd degs`ty' Iharse, less degse part`iles tme thp hc tme c`lter fed, agd c`ge, ohre degse par pa are at tme fhttho' Dhwg clhw c`ltrat`hg allhws de ug`chro pegetrat`hg fy part`iulate oatter agd pe m`km c`ltrat`hg rates agd lhgk serv`ie rugs' Feiau soall part`iles at tme fhttho are alsh ohre degse spaie fetweeg part`iles), tmey reoa`g at tme fhtt Eveg acter m`km/rate fainwasm`gk, tme layers reo
O@]ED OED@A C@LTEV FE
Tafle 3/1 l`sts chur oed`a tmat are used `g oult`l c`ltrat`hg' Yeveral htmer o`xed oed`a ihof`gat`h mave alsh feeg tested agd used ecceit`vely' Tme u thh oagy d`cceregt oed`a layers iag iause severe sever fainwasm`gk d`cc`iult`es' Chr exaople, `c all chu oater`als l`sted `g Tafle 3/1 were used `g tme sao c`lter, a wasm rate m`km eghukm th expagd tme oakget`te layer o`kmt wasm tme agtmrai`te crho t c`lter' M`km wasm water requ`reoegts whuld alsh
Tafle 3 /1' Oed`a used `g oult`lay c`ltrat`hg Oed`a
Ecceit`ve s`ze, oo -`g')
Ypei`c`i krav`ty
Agtmrai`te
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1'4
Yagd
:'9/:'; -:':1/:':9)
6'3
Karget
:'4/:'3 -:':13/:':64)
9'=
Oakget`te
:'9/:'5 -:':1/:':6)
4'0
Oed`a used `g oult`layer c`ltrat
Agtmrai`te(sagd c`lter feds ghroally prhv`de all advagtakes hc s`gkle/oed`a c`ltrat`hg fut requ`re fainwasm water tmag sagd hr agtmrai`te alhge' Y` Y ila`os mave feeg oade chr agtmrai`te(sagd(karge o`xed ug`ts' Tme oabhr advagtakes hc dual/oed` c`ltrat`hg are m`kmer rates agd lhgker rugs' Agtmrai`te(sagd(karget feds mave hperated at gh rates hc apprhx`oately 5 kpo(ct¶ agd pean rates a m`km as = kpo(ct¶ w`tmhut lhss hc eccluegt qual`ty
IAZZ@GK HC YAGD C@LTEV
Vap`d sagd c`lters iag fe ihgverted chr o`xed o hperat`hg th `girease iapai`ty fy 1::%' Tme ihs tm`s ihgvers`hg `s ouim lhwer tmag tmat hc `gstall `gstal add`t`hgal rap`d sagd c`lters'
Iapp`gk `gvhlves tme replaieoegt hc a phrt`hg h sagd w`tm agtmrai`te' @g tm`s ihgvers`hg, a 6/3 `g layer hc :'4/:'3 oo -:':13/:':64 `g') sagd `s reohved crho tme surcaie hc a fed agd replaied 4 = `g' hc :'0 oo -:':95 `g') agtmrai`te'
IAZZ@GK HC YAGD C@LTEV
@c ag `girease `g iapai`ty `s des`red, a larke aohugt hc sagd `s replaied' Z`lht tests smhu fe rug th egsure tmat a reduit`hg `g tme dep tme c`ger sagd dhes ght reduie tme qual`ty h tme eccluegt
KVAS@TP C@LTEVY
Krav`ty c`lters are hpeg vessels tmat depegd hg sy krav`ty mead chr hperat`hg' Apart crho tme c`lter oed`a, tme essegt`al ihophgegts hc a krav`ty c`lte c`lt `gilude tme chllhw`gk2 "Tme c`lter smell, wm`im `s e`tmer ihgir steel agd iag fe square, reitagkular, hr i`riular' Veitagkular re`gchried ihgirete ug`ts are ohst w used' "Tme supphrt fed, wm`im prevegts lhss c`ge sagd hr agtmrai`te tmrhukm tme ugderdra`g sy Tme supphrt fed, usually 1 6 ct deep, alsh d`str`f
KVAS@TP C@LTEVY
"Ag ugderdra`g systeo, wm`im egsures ug`chro ihlleit`hg hc c`ltered water agd ug`chro d`str`fut`hg hc fainwasm water' T systeo oay ihgs`st hc a meader agd lateral w`tm perchrat`hgs hr stra`gers spaied su`taf Calse tagn fhtthos w`tm apprhpr`ately spai stra`gers are alsh used chr ugderdra`g syste
KVAS@TP C@LTEVY
"[asm water trhukms, larke eghukm th ihll fainwasm water w`tmhut w`t mhut clhhd`gk' Tme trhu w` tmhut are spaied sh tmat tme mhr`zhgtal travel hc fainwasm water dhes ght exieed 9 /9 ct' @g ihgvegt`hgal sagd fed ug`ts, wasm trhukms plaied apprhx`oately apprhx`oately 6 ct afhve tme c`lter surcaie' Yucc`i`egt creefhard oust fe prhv th prevegt lhss hc a phrt`hg hc tme c`lter oe
KVAS@TP C@LTEVY
"Ihgtrhl dev`ies tmat oax`o`ze c`lter hperat`hg ecc`i`egiy' Clhw rate ihgtrhllers hperated fy vegtur` tufes `g tme eccluegt l`g l` authoat`ially oa`gta`g ug`chro del`very h c`ltered water' Fainwasm clhw rate ihgtrhl are alsh used' Clhw rate agd mead lhss kauk are essegt`al chr ecc`i`egt hperat`hg'
ZVEYYUVE C@LTEVY
Zressure c`lters are typ`ially used w`tm mht prhiess shctegers th t h pero`t m`km/teoperatu hperat`hg agd th prevegt meat lhss' Tme use pressure c`lters el`o`gates tme geed chr repuop`gk hc c`ltered water' Zressure c`lter are s`o`lar th krav`ty c`lters `g tmat tmey `gi c`lter oed`a, supphrt`gk fed, ugderdra`g systeo, agd ihgtrhl dev`ie> mhwever, tme c
ZVEYYUVE C@LTEVY
Zressure c`lters, des`kged vert`ially hr mhr` tally, mave iyl`gdr`ial steel smells agd d`sm meads' Sert`ial pressure c`lters ragke `g d`aoeter crho 1 th 1: ct w`tm iapai`t`es as kreat as 9:: kpo at c`ltrat`hg rates hc 9 kpo(ct¶'
ZVEYYUVE C@LTEVY
Mhr`zhgtal pressure c`lters, usually = ct `g d`aoeter, are 1:/65 ct lhgk w`tm iapai`t`es crho 6:: th 3:: kpo' Tmese c`lters are separated `gth ihopartoegts th allhw `gd`v`dual fainwasm`gk' Fainwasm water fe returged th tme ilar`c`er ilar` c`er hr shcteger chr reihvery'
ZVEYYUVE C@LTEVY
Zressure c`lters are usually hperated at a serv`ie clhw rate hc 9 kpo(ct¶' Dual hr oult`oed`a c`lters are des`kged chr 3/= kpo At aof`egt teoperature, tme reihooegded c`lter fainwasm rate `s 3/= kpo(ct¶ chr agtmrai`te agd 19/15 kpo(ct¶ chr sagd' Agtmrai`te c`lters asshi`ated w`tm mht prhie shctegers requ`re a fainwasm rate hc 16 /15 kpo(ct¶ feiause tme water wate r `s less degse at
ZVEYYUVE C@LTEVY
Ihld water smhuld ght fe used th fainwas mht prhiess c`lter' Tm`s whuld iause expag agd ihgtrait`hg hc tme systeo oetallurky, wm`im whuld lead th oetal cat`kue' Alsh, tm hxykeg/ladeg ihld water whuld aiielerate ihrrhs`hg'
UZCLH[ C@LTEVY
Upclhw ug`ts ihgta`g a s`gkle c`lter oed`uo usually kraded sagd' Tme c`gest sagd `s at t thp hc tme fed w`tm tme iharsest sagd felhw Kravel `s reta`ged fy kr`ds `g a c`xed phs`t` phs`t at tme fhttho hc tme ug`t' Tme cugit`hg hc t kravel `s th egsure prhper water d`str`fut`h dur`gk tme serv`ie iyile'
UZCLH[ C@LTEVY
Aghtmer kr`d afhve tme kraded sagd prevegts clu`d`zat`hg hc tme oed`a' A`r `gbeit`hg dur`gk ileag`gk -ght ihgs`dered fainwasm feiause tme d`reit`hg hc clhw `s tme saoe as wmeg `g/serv`ie) ass`sts `g tme reohval hc shl`ds agd tme reilass`c`iat`hg hc tme c`lter oed`a' Dur`gk hpera tme larker, iharse shl`ds are reohved at tme fhtth tme fed, wm`le soaller shl`ds part`iles are allhwe pegetrate curtmer `gth tme oed`a' Typ`ial serv`ie
AUTHOAT@I KVAS@TP C@LTE
Yeveral oagucaiturers mave develhped krav`ty c` tmat are fainwasmed authoat`ially at a preset me lhss' Mead lhss -water level afhve tme oed`a) ait ai a fainwasm s`pmhg agd draws wasm water crho sthrake up tmrhukm tme fed agd hut tmrhukm tme s p`pe th waste' A lhw level `g tme fainwasm sthra seit`hg freans tme s`pmhg, agd tme c`lter returgs t serv`ie' Authoat`i krav`ty c`lters are ava`lafle `g d`aoete d`aoet up th 15 ct' [meg equ`pped w`tm a m`km/rate, oult`layer oed`a, a s`gkle larke/d`aoeter ug`t ia
IHGT@GUHUY ILEAG@GK C@LTEVY
Ihgt`guhus ileag`gk c`lter systeos el`o`ga hcc /l`ge fainwasm per`hds fy fainwasm`gk seit`hgs hc tme c`lter hr phrt`hgs hc tme c`lte oed`a ihgt`guhusly, hg/l`ge' Sar`hus des`k mave feeg `gtrhduied'
C@LTEV [AYM@GK/KVAS@T C@LTEVY
Zer`hd`i wasm`gk hc c`lters `s geiessary chr reohval hc aiiuoulated shl`ds' @gadequate ileag`gk pero`ts tme chroat`hg hc peroage iluops, kradually deireas`gk c`lter iapai`t chul`gk `s severe, tme oed`a oust fe ileage imeo`ially hr replaied'
C@LTEV [AYM@GK/KVAS@T C@LTEVY
Chr ileag`gk hc rap`d dhwgclhw c`lters, ileag water `s chr fain up agd tmrhukm tmrh ukm ihgvegt`hgal krav`ty krav`ty tmrhu km tme oed`a' @g ihgvegt`hgal tme fainwasm water l`cts shl`ds crho tme fed `gth wasm tr agd iarr`es tmeo th waste' E`tmer hc twh fainwasm teimg iag fe used, depegd`gk hg tme des`kg hc tme oed`a supph struiture agd tme aiiesshry equ`poegt ava`lafle2 "M`km/rate fainwasm, wm`im expagds tme oed`a fy least 1:%' Fainwasm rates hc 16 /15 kpo(ct¶ hr m`kmer ar ihoohg chr sagd, agd rates chr agtmrai`te oay ragke crh 16 kpo(ct¶' "Lhw/rate fainwasm, w`tm gh v`s`fle fed expags`hg
C@LTEV [AYM@GK/KVAS@T C@LTEVY
[mere hgly water `s used chr fainwasm, tme fainwasm oay fe preieded fy surcaie wasm`gk' surcaie wasm`gk, strhgk bets hc m`km/ pressure wa crho c`xed hr revhlv`gk ghzzles ass`st `g frean`g c`lter surcaie irust' Acter tme surcaie wasm -wmeg tmere `s prhv`s`hg chr surcaie wasm`gk), tme ug`t ` fainwasmed chr apprhx`oately 5/1: o`g' Chllhw fainwasm, a soall aohugt hc r`gse water `s c`lter waste, agd tme c`lter `s returged th serv`ie'
C@LTEV [AYM@GK/KVAS@T C@LTEVY
M`km/rate fainwasm iag iause tme chroat`h chroat` oud falls `gs`de tme c`lter fed' A m`km fainwasm rate agd result`gk res ult`gk fed expags`hg expags` hg result`gk prhduie ragdho iurregts `g wm`im ierta`g zhges hc tme expagded fed ohve upward h dhwgward' Egirusted shl`ds crho tme surca iag fe iarr`ed dhwg th chro oud falls' Ecc`i`egt surcaie wasm`gk melps prevegt tm
C@LTEV [AYM@GK/KVAS@T C@LTEVY
A`r sihur`gk w`tm lhw/rate fainwasm`gk iag fre tme surcaie irust w`tmhut prhdui`gk ragdho iurr `c tme ugderdra`g systeo `s de/s`kged th d`str`fut ug`chroly' Yhl`ds reohved crho tme oed`a ihlle tme layer hc water fetweeg tme oed`a surcaie agd wasm imaggels' Acter tme a`r `s sthpped, tm`s d`rty water `s ghr /oally clusmed hut fy `gireased fain water clhw rate hr fy surcaie dra`g`gk' [asm wa ihgsuopt`hg `s apprhx`oately tme saoe wmetmer
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
@g/l`ge ilar`c`iat`hg `s tme reohval hc suspegded shl`ds tmrhukm tme add`t`hg hc `g l`ge ihakulagt chllhwed fy rap`d c`ltrat`hg' Tm`s prhiess `s alsh recerred th as `g /l`ge c`ltrat`hg, hr ihgtait c`ltrat`hg' Tme prhiess reohves suspegded shl`ds w`tmhut tme use sed`oegtat`hg fas`gs'
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
Ihakulat`hg oay fe aim`eved `g `g /l`ge ilar`c`iat`hg fy e`tmer hc twh oetmhds2
"ag `ghrkag`i aluo`guo hr `rhg salt us alhge hr w`tm a m`km ohleiular we`kmt phlyoer`i ihakulagt
"a strhgkly iat`hg`i hrkag`i phlyeleitrh phlyeleitr
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
Feiause oetal mydrhx`des chro prei`p`tate hgly dual/oed`a c`lters smhuld fe used w`t `ghrkag`i ihakulagt prhkraos' Clhi part`il oust fe magdled `g c`lters w`tm iharse /th/ kraded oed`a th prevegt rap`d fl`gd`gk hc c`lter agd el`o`gate fainwasm`gk d`cc`iult`e d`cc`iult`
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
[mere a m`km ohleiular we`kmt phlyoer`i ihakulagt `s used, ceed rates hc less tmag :' ppo oax`o`ze shl`ds reohval fy `gireas`g clhi s`ze agd prhoht`gk part`ile afshrpt`hg w`tm`g tme c`lter' Tm`s c`ltrat`hg teimg`que read`ly y`elds eccluegt turf`d`t`es hc less tm :'5 GTU
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
Tme seihgd oetmhd hc ihakulagt pretreato `gvhlves tme use hc a s`gkle imeo`ial, a strhgkly imarked iat`hg`i phlyeleitrhlyte' treatoegt chros gh prei`p`tat`hg clhi part`i part` agd usually gh clhi chroat`hg `s v`s`fle `g c`lter `gcluegt' Yhl`ds are reohved w`tm`g t fed fy adshrpt`hg agd fy clhiiulat`hg cl hiiulat`hg hc ihllh`dal oatter d`reitly hgth tme surcaie h
@G/L@GE ILAV@C@IAT@HG
Tme prhiess oay fe v`sual`zed as seed`gk hc tme fed surcaies w`tm phs`t`ve iat`hg`i imarkes th prh pr a strhgk pull hg tme gekat`vely imarked part`iles' Feiause kelat`ghus mydrhx`de prei`p`tates are gh presegt `g tm`s prhiess, s`gkle/ oed`a hr upclhw are su`tafle chr phly/eleitrhlyte ilar`c`iat`hg' @g ilar`c`iat`hg prhv`des ag exiellegt way th `oprhv ecc`i`egiy hc shl`ds reohval crho turf`d surcaie waters' Eccluegt turf`d`ty levels hc less tmag 1 GT
ZVEIHAT C@LTVAT@HG
Zreihat c`ltrat`hg `s used th reohve very soall part`iulate oatter, h`l part`iles, agd eveg faiter` crho water' Tm`s oetmhd `s prait`ial hgly chr relat`vely soall quagt`t`es hc water wm`im ihgta` ihgiegtrat`hgs hc ihgtao`gagts'
Zreihat c`ltrat`hg oay fe used chllhw`gk ihgveg ilar`c`iat`hg prhiesses th prhduie water hc very l suspegded shl`ds ihgtegt chr spei`c`i appl`iat`hg requ`reoegts' Chr exaople, preihat c`lters are hc
ZVEIHAT C@LTVAT@HG
@g preihat c`ltrat`hg, tme preihat oed`a, typ`ially d`athoaiehus eartm, aits as tme c`lter oed`a agd chros a iane hg a peroeafle fase hr septuo' Tme fase oust prevegt passake hc tme preihat oed`a w`tmhut restr`it`gk tme clhw hc c`ltered water agd oust fe iapafle hc w`tmstagd`gk m`km pressure d`cceregt`als' C`lter ilhtms, phrhus sthge tufes, phrhus paper, w`re sireegs, agd w`re/whugd tufes are used as fase oater`als'
ZVEIHAT C@LTVAT@HG
Tme supphrt`gk fase oater`al `s c`rst preihated w`tm a slurry hc preihat preihat oed`a' Add`t`hgal slurry -fhdy ceed) `s usually added dur`gk tme c`lter rug' [meg tme aiiuoulat`hg hc oatter reohved fy c`ltrat`hg kegerates a m`km pressure drhp airhss tme c`lter, tme c`lter ihat`gk `s slhukmed hcc fy fainwasm`gk' Tme c`lter fed `s tmeg preihated agd returged th serv`ie' Imeo`ial ihakulagts are ght usually geeded fut mave feeg used wmere ag ultrapure eccluegt `s requ`red'
EGD HC ZVEYEGTAT@HG