How to reduce the water turbidity problem quickly?

I am analysing different technical options for quickly solving the water turbidity issue. If some kind of a natural disaster happens, high turbidity may occur in water resources like springs and wells - making the water non-potable .

Have you ever used a technique to reduce high water turbidity? If yes, please share the technique and your feedback about it.

Representatives from Instrument manufacturing company's can also share their product details with detailed specifications (for reducing water turbidity quickly). It will help me in my analysing study.

Thank you in advance.

Taxonomy

• Polluted Water Oxidation
• Testing Instruments
• Filtration
• Water Supply
• Bioremediation
• Water Pollution Control
• Water Wells
• Sediment Management
• Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

14 Answers

1. Please rehabilitate the spring and well, that is the sign of sludge accumulation. Please develop river health cleaning programme within you area. Then you see some changes.

2. To reduce turbidity should add more coagulant and add lime. it should slow filtering to precipitate the floc and lower turbidity

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   1. do you have any document about it?

3. I am aware that natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) sand has been used by various utility companies to reduce turbidity and adsorb heavy metals, organic impurities, ammonia and radioactive elements. This can be used both as a filtering media in multi-filters and by mixing with water and allowing it to sediment in special reservoirs.  

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   1. do you have any document about it?

4. Dear Ali Rostami,

   Turbidity is a measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates. There is so many ways to reduce turbidity one example is you can reduce turbidity in chromic acid solutions. Turbidity is due to the presence of suspended solids. The solids can get there by over pumping the source (agitating the source area and suspended the surrounding sediments), because the water is already turbid, or because chemical reactions occur after pumping, forming chemical precipitates. In the first situation, changing the pumping rate could markedly reduce turbidity; in the second you need to filter or flocs, in the third you might need to perform chemical treatment to cause precipitation before filtration or to prevent the formation of the precipitates in the first place. As for filtration itself, the granulometry of the suspended particulates, the total suspended particulate load, the nature of the suspended particulates (clays, silt grains, organic matter), and the amount of water being pumped will all be important in determining the best filtration method.

    Following ways

   For quick removal

   1.       Microfiltration

   2.       RO.

   3.       zeolite media filter

   If you have time then sedimentation/flocculation/activated carbon filter may be used.
   
    

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   1. hi

      do you have any document about its

      thanks

5. Try www.watersave.ie/flogenics

6. Normally turbidity is associated with high level of suspended solids and if it is the case it should be used a pre sedimentation step upstram the water treament plant.

7. these materials is avilable in markets and very easy to use

8. these book can help

    

9. Www.lotictech.ca

    

10. There are many ways to do that! For little systems, a friend of mine invented, here in Brazil, one that uses  5 micra filter and a polymer, that keeps water clean!

    If you need more information, write me I pass his mail to you!

    BR

    Rodrigo

    rodrigo.dingo@gmail.com

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    1. my email is alirostamiiranagh@yahoo.com

    2. hi

       yes I need

       thanks

11. You need to ascertain what is causing the turbidity. Is it suspended material, colloids, or dissolved material as each can be the cause of turbidity? If it is suspended material then filtration using initial coarse down to finer filtration (to make sure each step doesn't blind) is the answer as per a previous comment. If it is colloidal or dissolved you will need to engage different methods, perhaps oxidation via chemical or coagulate or flocculate via chemical to achieve filterable material, then filter. Again it depends on what is causing the turbidity. 

12. One obvious solution, if it were pre-built and trailer mounted, would be to use a microfiltration membrane.  This would remove both turbidity and many pathogens.  But it requires pumping as you know.  The zeolite media filter, mentioned by Chetan, would require less power and may be the best application in remote areas.  

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    1. hi

       do you have any document about it

13. The easiest and fastest way to reduce turbidity is to filter the water through a zeolite media filter. Alternatively you get zeolite media powder that can be added to the water and the turbidity will settle to the bottom of the vessel. Rest of the top water can be used.

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    1. hi

       do you have any document about it

       thanks

14. Usually the turbidity is an organic compound.  ALL organic compounds can be broken down/reduced into their elemental/ nutritional form.  This is accomplished by using the archaea microbes.  The ppm results are always at zero. 40 years of testing have proven no pathogens and a major increase in the oxygen content.    Third world citizens should be using this.  The potable water can be used and reused until evaporation takes its toll.

     Taking it a step further you can use your toilet water to do the same thing and use a biogenerator to collect small amounts of electricity. Not a lot for an American home. But a hut or one room building in Africa, perfect.