Hayder Mohammed Issa
پوخته
Treatment or purification of water is considered as a critical challenge especially indeveloping countries since this treatment is an essential facility to conserve thepublic health ...
زیاتر بخوێنەوە
Treatment or purification of water is considered as a critical challenge especially indeveloping countries since this treatment is an essential facility to conserve thepublic health and environment by eliminating of waterborne diseases andpathogens. This study was made to assess the efficiency of Khanaqin City watertreatment plant (KCWTP) which is the main source to supply drinking water inKhanaqin City, and to evaluate the treated water quality that reached to cityresidents. Khanaqin City water treatment plant (KCWTP) consists of conventionalwater treatment units like other treatment plants in Iraq of flocculation,sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. These treatments have been studieddepending on the collected information and tests.In this research, several physicochemical and bacteriological parameters of both theraw and treated water were sampled and studied according to Standard Methodsand Procedures to evaluate the performance and quality of treated water fromKhanaqin City Water Treatment Plant (KCWTP). The results indicated that thesource raw water is moderately of poor quality, while the treated water is relativelysatisfactory. The treatment process units in KCWTP were also evaluated. Overallremoval 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 drinkingwater.
