Removal of small particles from urban snow melt mixture by coagulation/flocculation and sedimentation

• This abstract presents a laboratory study of a coagulation/flocculation process on an urban snow melt mixture. Coagulation/flocculation is ubiquitous in water treatment, but has seen little use in the stormwater context. Using a jar-test procedure five different chemicals are evaluated as primary coagulants and their treatment performance on urban snow melt with respect to solids removal and metal content. Particle-size distribution measurements will indicate the process effect on different size fractions in the urban snow melt. Analysis for metal content will show the extent of metal reduction that occurs, either by separating out the particulate fraction or due to precipitation reactions.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Vattenteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Water Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

VA-teknik

Urban Water Engineering

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kon (subject category)