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Drinking Water Quality and Water Treatment. Water Quality Issues. Is the water we’re drinking safe? How is it treated to ensure safety? Can we swim and fish in our rivers? Safe Drinking Water Act , 1974 Clean Water Act , 1972. Both have been amended several times since!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Drinking Water Qualityand Water Treatment
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Water Quality Issues
Is the water we’re drinking safe?
How is it treated to ensure safety?
Can we swim and fish in our rivers?
Safe Drinking Water Act, 1974
Clean Water Act, 1972Both have been amended several times since!visit www.epa.gov/ogwdw
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Drinking Water Standards5.10
Sometimes the goal isn’t practical
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International Water Supplies
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
http://www.wssinfo.org/en/22_wat_global_en.html#
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Water Supplies in Southcentral Asia
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
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Source: http://www.wssinfo.org/en/335_san_asiaSC_en.html
Sanitation in Southcentral Asia
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How is Drinking Water Treated to Make It Safe?
Disinfection technologies:
• chlorination (Cl2, NaOCl, or Ca(OCl)2)
• ozonation (O3)
• UV radiation
Fluoridation – to prevent tooth decay
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Instrumentation and Measurement of Water Pollutants
• Atomic absorption spectroscopy is commonly used to measure metals (e.g. lead)
• Gas chromatography is commonly used to measure organic compounds (e.g. benzene)
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Gas Chromatograph
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Hard Water
• contains dissolved minerals such as CaCO3
• Is hard water good or bad?
– calcium is good for your bones, right?– causes deposits on pipes, industrial equipment– interferes with soaps
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Water Treatment Technologies
• Water softening (by ion exchange)
Na2Z (s) + Ca2+ (aq) CaZ (s) + 2 Na+ (aq)
sodium zeolite calcium zeolite
• Distillation
• Reverse Osmosis
• Carbon Adsorption
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Distillation
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Reverse Osmosis Systems
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Carbon Adsorption
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Wastewater Treatment
• Primary Treatment• Secondary Treatment• Tertiary Treatment
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Primary Treatment
• Removes large objects from the water– Sticks– Tires– Trash
• Screening• Primary Settling (physical)
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Secondary Treatment
• Uses biologically activated organisms to consume nutrients and other organic constituents
• Aerobic digestion– Uses organisms that thrive with oxygen– Produce CO2
• Anaerobic digestion– Uses organisms that thrive without oxygen– Produce CH4
• Final settling (physical)
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Tertiary Treatment
• Whatever chemical treatment of remaining water is required
• Usually includes disinfection (e.g. with chlorine)• Can include other chemical treatments depending
on the sources of the wastewater
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