What Happens In A Drinking Water Treatment Plant?

The drinking water purification systems come in a wide variety targeting both the commercial users as well as the common man. They may vary in designs but all of them share the common objective of providing safe and reliable drinking water to the communities they serve. The type of treatment provided depends on whether they use ground water or surface water, and the quality of the source water.

Drinking Water Treatment Path

Shortly, the drinking water treatment is a four stage process:

1. Coagulation and clarification – Here coagulant (aluminum sulphate), lime and carbon dioxide are added to the raw water due to which tiny sticky particles called "floc" are formed which attract the dirt particles. The combined weight of the dirt and the alum (floc) become heavy enough to sink to the bottom during sedimentation.
2. Membrane filtration – The water is then treated by an advanced, ultra-filtration membrane technology which is considered by international experts to be a fully effective barrier to pathogenic organisms in water and guarantees against contamination from parasites such as giardia, cryptosporidium and most viruses.
3. Granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration – Here any organic compounds are then absorbed into the carbon particles where they remain or may be broken down by the action of harmless bacteria. The carbon also removes any unpleasant tastes or odors from the water.
4. Chlorine treatment – The water is finally treated in a chlorine tank to kill any remaining viruses and prevent bacteria growth during the water’s storage and transportation.

Packaged Drinking Water TreatmentPackage drinking water plants are immensely used in beverage industries for processing of packaged drinking water, beverages, juices, bottled mineral water and Carbonated & Non-Carbonated Soft Drinks. The plant is capable of handling various types of purifications processes involving rinsing, filling, and capping as well as water sterilization. It produces an average of 1000-1100 bottles in an hour depending on the size.

A typical Packaged Drinking Water Plant is installed with following machines:

• Filter assembly
• High pressure pump
• Membrane with housing
• Ultraviolet system
• Water purification equipment
• SS Storage tank
• Fully or semi automatic bottle filling machine
• PET stretch blowing machine
• Pouch filling machine

All these packaged drinking water treatment plants aims to produce the final treated water as per the IBWA/BIS standards.

The complete range of commercial water treatment plants, water treatment chemicals, domestic water purifiers, reverse osmosis systems, water softening system, PET blow moulding machines, RO systems and many others are manufactured in India by numerous water plant suppliers to make the water pure, precious and fit for consumption.

Author is representing this article on behalf of, Apex Technology is a well known Manufacturers of RO System Spare Parts, Water Treatment Plant Equipment in New Delhi.