Design of drinking water treatment facility system in Central Philippine University

Abstract

This project study presents an innovative way of constructing a drinking water treatment facility system within Central Philippine University. It starts with the preparation of a preliminary process flow that can treat raw water supplied by the Metropolitan Iloilo Water District to produce a potable drinking water supply. Laboratory scale experiments performed in the chemical engineering laboratories tested the effectiveness of the prepared process flow and after necessary adjustments, the relevant information necessary for the preparation of the final process flow and equipment design were collected. The final process flow and design of equipment based on the laboratory work results followed. The facility is composed of five major process tanks namely: coagulation, settling, chlorination, filtration, and treated water tanks. The facility can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can treat 1.2 liters of water per minute. The flow of water in the facility is by virtue of gravity. It has a total land area of 456 square feet or 42.4 square meters and is located near the University Gymnasium. The drinking water treatment facility is estimated to cost PHP 154,000.00.