APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC UP – FLOW SAND FILTER IN WATER SLUDGE TREATMENT

Abstract

In Egypt, Surface water treatment plants produce more than 100 million tons of sludge per year. Disposal of these massive quantities of sludge are discharged into natural water bodies. This study assessed the possibility to use the dynamic up flow sand filtration system (Dyna Sand) as a new technique successfully applied in different countries for water and wastewater from different sources in water sludge treatment. The current study was held to evaluate and examine the efficiency of using dynamic up flow sand filter to treat water works sludge that are produced from the surface water purification in conventional water treatment plants WTPs at different operation conditions. The study was carried out to examine the performance of the existing