CASE study on ""Evaluation procedure for drinking water from various sources and sterilization method of water ""
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Treatment or purification of water is considered as a critical challenge especially in developing countries since this treatment is an essential facility to conserve the public health and environment by eliminating of waterborne diseases and pathogens. This study was made to assess the efficiency of Khanaqin City water treatment plant (KCWTP) which is the main source to supply drinking water in Khanaqin City, and to evaluate the treated water quality that reached to city residents. Khanaqin City water treatment plant (KCWTP) consists of conventional water treatment units like other treatment plants in Iraq of flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. These treatments have been studied depending on the collected information and tests. In this research, several physicochemical and bacteriological parameters of both the raw and treated water were sampled and studied according to Standard Methods and Procedures to evaluate the performance and quality of treated water from Khanaqin City Water Treatment Plant (KCWTP). The results indicated that the source raw water is moderately of poor quality, while the treated water is relatively satisfactory. The treatment process units in KCWTP were also evaluated. Overall removal efficiency of water turbidity in KCWTP is 97.88%. The study suggests that the KCWTP units and process operation need to be improved, rescaled, and re-designed to enhance the plant efficiency and reduce the possibilities of waterborne diseases and contamination that may occur in future in Khanaqin City drinking water.
By Akshat Nashine