Conference Papers | 2009 Conference Papers

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEMPORARY WATER FILTRATION AT BRIGHT

Brian Scobie, Treatment Technician, North East Water (Vic)
Rex Humphreys, Treatment Specialist, North East Water (Vic)
Jason Mullins, Technology Development Manager, North East Water (Vic)

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ABSTRACT

Bright is a sub-Alpine tourist town located in North East Victoria. The Bright water supply is directly taken from the Ovens River with Chlorine disinfection only. Historically, the water quality has met the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines turbidity standard, however since the 2003 and more recent 2006/07 bushfires, the water quality has declined, with sustained turbidity levels exceeding 5 NTU.

Ongoing Boil Water Notices and numerous customer complaints led to North East Water implementing temporary filtration at Bright.
This paper scopes the planning, construction and commissioning of a 3ML/day containerised filtration WTP at Bright.

KEY WORDS

NEW (North East Water), ACH (Aluminum Chlorohydrate / Megapac-23), Pt-Co (Platinum- Cobolt Units), NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Units)