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Types of Water Treatment Methods


Types of Water Treatment Method

Water treatment method is the design of a water treatment plant designed to treat a particular type of water with specific pollution problem. First of all the water to be treated must be defined. 

A proper laboratory analysis must be done to ascertained the level of pollution and contaminants present in the water. Secondly, our desired result must also be defined. From the above we can then chose a particular type of water treatment plant that can achieve our desired result.

We have the following types of water treatment plant
1. Multiple Barrier System
2. Reverse Osmosis System
3. Soft Water Treatment Plant
4. Deionized Water Treatment Plant
5. Demineralized Water Treatment Plant.
6. Distillation System
7. Household Water Treatment


Deionized Water Treatment Plant

The above water treatment plant systems are designed to achieve a particular purpose and to treat some certain kind of water with specific pollution problem. Although they are almost closely related in principle and technique but, only differs in one or two specific areas. Reverse osmosis for instance may not require disinfection but, make use of specialized membranes  and water produced through this system do not contain any mineral. 

Apart from household water treatment most of the above method of water treatment make use of more one water treatment techniques, even some household water treatment plant now incorporate more than one water treatment techniques.

The most important thing is to achieve the desired result, if the desired result is not obtain after treatment then, it will result in waste of money and efforts. So in choosing type of water treatment techniques or plant to use careful laboratory analysis of the raw water must be done, we should also note that it is not all water that can treated especially when the cost of treatment will be very expensive or water that contains heavy metals.

Mini Water Treatment Plant For Domestic Use
     
Conclusion
    Water treatment is a serious multi million dollar business. It requires a lot of expertise and very expensive especially in highly polluted areas. Water treatment also have it's own environmental impact, the chemicals involved in treating water and their waste when released into the environment without proper treatment is hazardous to the environment and ecosystem.

     Water is essential for life, a portable clean water is difficult to get for free, without water there will be no humans or animals or plants, in fact there will be no life. We need to protect our sources of water to ensure the continuity of life, our environment should be one of our basic priority to protect. A good quality water must meet the standard set for drinking water by World Health Organization(WHO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Agency for Food Drug and Control (NAFDAC) and Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) 



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