Treatment Technologies

Participants will benefit from a transfer of know-how in the following areas:

Conventional water treatment, which will concern surface water, the main water resource in many countries, including Morocco, where 64% of drinking water comes from surface water treatment.
The specific treatment, which concerns the elimination of dissolved pollution in groundwater: it concerns mainly the elimination of iron, nitrates, ammonium, and fluorides.

The Courses

Session 1: The classic treatment

1. Characterization of Water Resources: Sanitary Survey Concept
2. Processing stream: description and design criteria

- - Degrillation
  - Removal
  - Settling
  - Coagulation-flocculation-flotation
  - Filtration
  - Pre-chlorination- Disinfection

1. Process performance indicators and compliance with potability standards

Session 2: Specific Treatment

1. Focus on resources requiring specific treatment:

- - Sources of pollution
  - Effect of climate change
  - Emerging Metrics

1. Presentation of specific treatment techniques: principles and performance indicators

- - Desalination-demineralization techniques: applications to fresh water
  - Defective Demanganization
  - Denitration and denitrification
  - Removal of ammonium
  - Elimination of hydrogen sulphide
  - Fluoride removal: pilot studies

1. Process performance indicators and compliance with potability standards and standards

Summary

According to the definition given by the WHO Guidelines, safe drinking water does not present any significant risk to the health of a person who consumes it throughout his or her lifetime, taking into account any variations in sensitivity, between the different stages of life. The chemical and bacteriological composition of drinking water must therefore comply with the concentration limits recommended by these directives, as required by the standards.

Description

Compliance with the WHO Guidelines can only be guaranteed through the implementation of treatment and conditioning processes, allowing adjustments to the parameters present in excess in the raw water. Overall, the raw water that can be mobilized for the production of drinking water can be classified into three groups related respectively to surface water, groundwater, and salt water.

Key benefits

Treatment is a pivotal step in drinking water supply systems. The knowledge to be transferred to the beneficiaries will be drawn mainly from feedback and case studies that will be shared during the training.