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Because the conventional jar test is ineffective for determining optimal coagulant dosages for low turbidity waters, utilities employing rapid-rate filtration of such waters may fail to maximize treatment efficiency for lack of a simple bench-scale test for determining coagulant dosage. Using terms useful to water treatment plant operators, this article describes a simple bench-scale procedure for determining coagulant dosages for raw water supplies with turbidity levels of 1 ntu or less. The authors explain the protocol for their jarfiltration test and present documentation on test validity. Includes 15 references, table, figures.

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Edition: Vol. 88 - No. 4 Published: 04/01/1988 Number of Pages: 6 File Size: 1 file , 2.5 MB