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Pressure Sand Filter Media Options
Ok, thanks for the comments. I'll report back when i have the water analysis- Vect
- Post #5
- Forum: Water treatment and distribution
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Pressure Sand Filter Media Options
The equipment i'm looking at is rated at ~30 m3/h when really we only need 24 m3/h, so we have some extra capacity. The water contamination isn't too heavy, it looks relatively colourless (slight green/brown hue) when it jets out of the sample point and when it runs through the rotameters, but...- Vect
- Post #3
- Forum: Water treatment and distribution
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Pressure Sand Filter Media Options
Hello, I've had a search through previous posts but they couldn't answer my questions. I've been charged with solving our process water issues, which comes from a borehole full of iron-rich water. This has caused most of the front end water storage and pumping equipment to be coated in the...- Vect
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- Replies: 6
- Forum: Water treatment and distribution
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Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?
If one did exist, the pump would be on the surface and the water 60m below the surface.- Vect
- Post #5
- Forum: Pump engineering
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Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?
Chlorine/Hydrochloric acid completely ruins our product. I guess i'll replace the existing pump with a more powerful version and crack down on the maintenance team. Perhaps a Rapid sand filter or similar to remove the entrained sludge would be an option, at least then the downstream equipment...- Vect
- Post #3
- Forum: Pump engineering
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Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?
Hello, We currently have a submerged multi-stage centri pump ~60m down a borehole pumping water in underground (~5m below surface) tanks. The water has a high Iron content and as a result, bacteria have caused havoc with the resulting rusty slime reducing the throughput of the system. A lack of...- Vect
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- Forum: Pump engineering
