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Water Quality

Treatment of Water

Water treatment plants consist of units like stilling chamber, Parshall flume, Flash Mixer, Sludge blanket lamella clarifier with hopper bottom shape, Rapid gravity sand filter beds with false floor slab having PP nozzles & pneumatically operated valve arrangement, Chemical house with chemical storage & dosing facilities, backwash tank and clear water sump etc. All the controls of valves, motors & flow measurements of these semi-automatic plants are carried out from the control panel located in control room of the plant. Among all these Water Treatment Plants, there is a 200MLD capacity water treatment at Sarthana recently inaugurated is having unique feature of its being entirely controlled by remote.

Treatment given to water:-

  • Pre-Chlorination.
  • Alum dosing/mixing.
  • Clariflocculation by sludge blanket Lamella type clarifiers.
  • Filtration by declining rate type rapid gravity sand filters.
  • Post Chlorination
 

Water Quality Monitoring

Water Quality is maintained as per drinking water standards given in IS:10500. Sampling of water is done at different stages to ascertain & assure right quality of water supplied to consumers. Details of water sampling is given below.

Stage Type of Test Frequency
Source Turbidity & Residual Chlorine
Physiochemical test
Hourly
Daily
Intermediate Residual Chlorine Daily
Consumer end
Residual Chlorine
Physiochemical test
Daily
480 to 500 samples
115 to 120 samples (Min.)

Consumer Water Quality Monitoring : Monthwise

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