Water Treatment Operations: Case Study of Mada Water Works

Abdulhalim Musa Abubakar¹ , Yahuza Adamu Mazawaje² , Muraina Basiru Olayinka³ , Ehime Irene Itamah⁴ , Okoh Chibuike Francis⁵ , Usman Yakubu Bukar⁶

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.3 , pp.21-37, Sep-2022

Online published on Sep 30, 2022

Copyright © Abdulhalim Musa Abubakar, Yahuza Adamu Mazawaje, Muraina Basiru Olayinka, Ehime Irene Itamah, Okoh Chibuike Francis, Usman Yakubu Bukar . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Design and working principles of water treatment plants in other parts of the world, as well as in Nigeria are different and requires extensive study. This work looks at current trends undergone in water treatment plants in contrast with the one obtainable at Mada Water Works (MWW) in North Central, Nigeria. Because, majority of these plants including the MWW apply obsolete techniques and equipment, as they were built in the early 1980s and 1990s. Previous research only looks at metallic contamination levels of the Mada River which serve MWW with unclean raw water. Hence, this work entails an in-depth study of the plant’s modus operandi, challenges faced and ways of solving them. Studies shows that the entire treatment plant needs a complete turnaround to prevent it from eminent system collapse. The attention of researchers is therefore drawn to the treatment plant’s various unit operation in order to address challenges facing their functionality.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Mada River, Water treatment, Surface water, Scraper bridges, Nasarawa

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