Block 1: Potable Water Treatment

This block covers water treatment for potable use. It considers the quality of rivers in the UK and then moves on to drinking water quality and various treatment steps needed to produce wholesome water for human consumption. Related subjects such as waste minimisation, trade effluent control, sludge treatment and disposal, water analysis and computer modelling, and emergency water supply systems, are included.The set book, Basic Water Treatment, by Binnie, Kimber and Smethurst ISBN0727730320 is the principal teaching text to be used alongside this block. This block also assumes you have access to, and are familiar with, the matter covered in the ‘Water’ blocks of Open University course T210 Environmental Control and Public Health, or its earlier course T237.

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