TY - BOOK AU - Leow,Huan Nam AU - Nguyen Cong Thanh AU - Samorn Muttamara, AU - Woo,K.Y. AU - Nguyen T.P. ED - Lee Foundation of Singapore, TI - Alternatives in slow filtration for treatment of tropical surface water T2 - Thesis PY - 1976/// CY - Bangkok PB - Asian Institute of Technology KW - Water KW - Purification KW - Filtration N1 - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.; Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1976 N2 - A pilot plant consisting of series and dual media filters was operated discontinuously at a filtration rate of 0.15 m3 /m2-h under the average raw water turbidity of 45 JTU. The filters used were the coconut fiber - burnt rice husk series filter, burnt rice husk - sand series filter, burnt rice husk - sand and coconut fiber - burnt rice husk dual media filters. It was found that the burnt rice husk - sand dual media filter with the discontinuous operation could produce good quality water suitable for drinking purpose in term of its clarity and bacteriological content for a period of about 2~ months. Odor and anaerobic condition prevailed in the coconut fiber - burnt rice husk series and dual media filters. Due to the high head loss build up rate, the burnt rice husk was not suitable to be used as a roughing filter medium in the series filtration system. Preliminary study on the turbidity removal performance and head loss development of these filters operated continuously at a filtration rate of 0.15 m3 /m2-h but slowed down during the night time (16 h) were also conducted UR - http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23865 ER -