AWWA JAW6610
Journal AWWA - Getting Your Money's Worth From Filtration
Journal Article by American Water Works Association, 05/01/1982
Logsdon, Gary S.;Fox, Kim
Full Description
In this paper, techniques for effective operation of diatomaceous earth, rapid granular-media, and slow sand filters are described. The relationships of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation to these various filtration methods are covered, and the effectiveness of each method for removal of particulate contaminants, asbestos, Giardia and Endamoeba histolytica cysts, algae, bacteria, soil particles, and viruses is discussed. Includes 36 references, tables, figures.