His installation fed a concentrated solution of chloride of lime to the water being treated.
Water purification slow sand filter diagram.
As it passes through several physical and biological processes filter.
Slow sand filtration is an extremely efficient method for removing microbial contamination and will usually have no indicator bacteria present at the outlet.
Alexander cruickshank houston used chlorination of the water to stem the epidemic.
These are 5 of the quickest and easiest homemade diy water filter methods.
Nb this topic is also covered in the fact sheet e21 slow sand filtration for community or family use which includes part of this fact sheet since sand filtration can be used although in a different way either to treat effluents or to purify water at family level.
Supernatant or raw water 2.
Berkey water filters are pretty much the most popular water filters for home family use.
Users can maintain flow rate by cleaning the filter through agitating the top level of sand or by pre treating turbid water before filtration.
According to the world health organization under suitable circumstances slow sand filtration may be not only the cheapest and simplest but also the most efficient method of water treatment disadvantages.
Slow sand filter biological filter elements of a slow sand filter 1.
Park s textbook of preventive and social medicine.
To use the filter users simply pour water into the top and collect finished water out of the outlet pipe into a bucket.
However here is why you should ever rely on these methods.
Berkey state that the filtration on their products is so effective virtually no other system can duplicate this performance.
Due to the low filtration rate slow sand filters require extensive land area for a large municipal system.
Over time especially if source water is turbid the flow rate can decrease.
73 table 6 1 continued effectiveness over factors that affect water quality bacteria guinea odour organic treatment system amoebas worm cercaria fe mn fluoride arsenic salts taste matter turbidity.
Bed of graded sand on a support of gravel 3.