Publication: Evaluation of drinking water treatment and quality in Takua Pa, Thailand
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2008-07-01
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15732959
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01676369
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Mahidol University
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Vol.142, No.1-3 (2008), 345-358
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Carlo Collivignarelli, Prapin Tharnpoopasiam, Mentore Vaccari, Valentina De Felice, Veronica Di Bella, Suwalee Worakhunpiset Evaluation of drinking water treatment and quality in Takua Pa, Thailand. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Vol.142, No.1-3 (2008), 345-358. doi:10.1007/s10661-007-9934-5 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19231
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Evaluation of drinking water treatment and quality in Takua Pa, Thailand
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After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which hit and devastated several Countries in Southeast Asia, University of Brescia and Mahidol University started a project on water monitoring and treatment for drinking purposes in Takua Pa district (Thailand), the most damaged by the tsunami. In particular, this paper presents the results of a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Takua Pa drinking water treatment plant and to identify actions that could be adopted to improve its performances. The results show that, even if the effluent usually meets Thai guide values, except for pH which is already too acid in the influent, the plant needs several structural and managerial improvements, such as filtration and sedimentation upgrade, coagulation/ flocculation and final disinfection re-organization, use of proper registers to better plan and control employees activities. Moreover, it was determined that water quality in the distribution network is characterized by turbidity and organic matter values higher than those evaluated in the plant effluent. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007.