Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity
A water treatment works in the UK endured elevated inlet turbidity and iron concentrations following increased demands in the raw water supply main, reducing its capacity by blocking filters that required costly extra cleaning. Adding flow and turbidity monitoring allowed novel raw water main variab...
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| description | A water treatment works in the UK endured elevated inlet turbidity and iron concentrations following increased demands in the raw water supply main, reducing its capacity by blocking filters that required costly extra cleaning. Adding flow and turbidity monitoring allowed novel raw water main variable condition discolouration model (VCDM) simulations to track the accumulation and mobilisation behaviour, showing the full 18.7 km contributing material and risk returning in only 2 months, helping explain the multiple annual events. The utility is now applying operational efficient flow conditioning, developed here using the VCDM, to manage risks and capacity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff56c35d1c7f4a46b209e91d7db23ac62025-08-20T03:43:36ZengMDPI AGEngineering Proceedings2673-45912024-10-0169119310.3390/engproc2024069193Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment CapacityStewart Husband0Neil Walkington-Mayo1Joby Boxall2Department Civil Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, South Yorkshire, UKAffinity Water, Hatfield AL10 9EZ, Hertfordshire, UKDepartment Civil Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, South Yorkshire, UKA water treatment works in the UK endured elevated inlet turbidity and iron concentrations following increased demands in the raw water supply main, reducing its capacity by blocking filters that required costly extra cleaning. Adding flow and turbidity monitoring allowed novel raw water main variable condition discolouration model (VCDM) simulations to track the accumulation and mobilisation behaviour, showing the full 18.7 km contributing material and risk returning in only 2 months, helping explain the multiple annual events. The utility is now applying operational efficient flow conditioning, developed here using the VCDM, to manage risks and capacity.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/69/1/193discolourationraw watercohesive layersflow conditioningVCDM |
| spellingShingle | Stewart Husband Neil Walkington-Mayo Joby Boxall Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity Engineering Proceedings discolouration raw water cohesive layers flow conditioning VCDM |
| title | Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity |
| title_full | Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity |
| title_fullStr | Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity |
| title_short | Raw Water Main Flow Conditioning to Manage Material Load and Treatment Capacity |
| title_sort | raw water main flow conditioning to manage material load and treatment capacity |
| topic | discolouration raw water cohesive layers flow conditioning VCDM |
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