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Occurance and control of manganese in a large scale water treatment plant

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The continuous variations of dissolved oxygen (DO), manganese (Mn), pH, and their effect on manganese removal by different water treatment processes are investigated. The results show that the declined DO concentration and pH value in the bottom of reservoir results in the increasing release of Mn from sediment to source water. Manganese concentration increased from 0.1 to 0.4 mg·L−1 under the condition that DO concentration decreased from 12.0 to 2.0 mg·L−1 in raw water. The different water treatment processes exhibited different efficiency on manganese removal. The processes with recycling of the suspended sludge, low elevation velocity in settling tank and slow filter rate, will benefit the manganese removal. During a high release of manganese in raw water, traditional coagulation-sedimentation and filtration could not completely remove Mn, although granular activated carbon filtration (GAC) had been applied. At that case, preoxidation with chlorine or potassium permanganate (KMnO4) was necessary to address the high manganese concentration.

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  1. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Youjun Chen, Feng Xiao, Dongsheng Wang & Ming Yang

  2. Beijing Waterworks Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100031, China

    Youjun Chen, Yongkang Liu & Hua Bai

  3. Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, Beijing, 100082, China

    Jiong Zhang

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Chen, Y., Xiao, F., Liu, Y. et al. Occurance and control of manganese in a large scale water treatment plant. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 9, 66–72 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-014-0637-1

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