ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Efficiency of Drinking Water Treatment Processes.
Removal of Phytoplankton with Special
Consideration for Cyanobacteria and Improving
Physical and Chemical Parameters
Marlena Piontek1, Wanda Czyżewska2
More details
Hide details
1Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra,
Prof. Szafrana 15, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
2Water and Wastewater Plant in Zielona Gora, Poland Sp. z o.o.,
Zjednoczenia 120A, 65-120 Zielona Góra, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(6):1797-1805
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The goal of our research was to show efficiency of the micro-sieves during the water treatment process
in the water treatment plant (WTP) in Zawada near the city of Zielona Góra, Poland. This paper presents
changes in water quality after particle-filtration (filtration above 10 μm).The samples were collected in the
Zawada WTP from January to December. The reduction of the amount of phytoplankton, including cyanobacteria,
caused by micro-sieves varied throughout 2009 and was between 21.2 and 93.3%. The maximum concentration
of cyanobacteria in raw water was observed May 6 and amounted to about 400,000 org. (organisms)/
L and microcystins (MCs) content in raw water was below 0.2 μg/L and were absent in potable water.
That day we observed a reduction of cyanobacteria after particle-filtration amounted to 83% and reduction of
phytoplankton 84%. The particle-filtration process reduced organoleptic water parameters: color, turbidity, and
total suspended solids. As a result of the decrease of suspend content, decreases of iron, manganese, and chemical
oxygen demand (COD) were observed.