New guidebook helps find better treatment solutions

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Water Treatment Plants Small water treatment plants are defined as water treatment systems (usually with a capacity of less than 2,5 Mℓ/day) installed in areas which are not adequately serviced and do not normally fall within the confines of urban areas. They are, therefore, mostly used in rural and peri-urban areas and include chlorination plants for water supplies from boreholes and springs, small treatment systems for rural communities, treatment plants of small municipalities and treatment plants for establishments such as rural hospitals, schools, clinics and forestry stations. Today, there are many local and international technology designs to choose from. As the authors of the new WRC guidebook point out, however, very little may be known of these systems in terms of cost, efficiency and the applicability to the intended application, especially in the case of novel and emerging systems. Supplier information may be sketchy, or promising new technologies have not yet been fully evaluated under South African conditions.

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