A Little Sand Means a Lot of Treatment for This Arizona Clean-Water Plant

A ballasted flocculation system enabled the Santan Vista Water Treatment Plant to double capacity at low cost.

A Little Sand Means a Lot of Treatment for This Arizona Clean-Water Plant

Mike Alexander, Santan Vista plant operator, uses an Imhoff cone to determine the operating sand concentration in one of the RapiSand treatment trains (WesTech Engineering).

Surface water is a primary drinking water source for the Arizona Town of Gilbert, which has two water treatment facilities. 

As the population expanded rapidly in Gilbert and the adjoining city of Chandler, the town needed to double the capacity of its Santan Vista Water...

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