NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF GEOLOGICAL, MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING

Professional School of Mining Engineering
Course: Mining and Environment

Treatment of water with high suspended

solids content for human consumption
Buelvas Jan Carlos , Cardoso Gamarra Niels Bohr , Neyra Anthony ,Ojeda
Ore Miguel , Santos Valencia Denis .
 ABSTRACT
The natural conditions of high precipitation in the Peruvian Andes
between December and March generate flows of water with high
solids content in suspension, which is why it is necessary to carry out
the treatment of water for human consumption in three stages: first it
is removed Suspended solids using a flocculant, then the residual
metals and colloids are removed using aluminum sulfate and finally
the bacterial load is removed by adding chlorine solution
Water from the Rimac River with high suspended solids-March 2017
 INTRODUCTION

The main problem faced by human groups in times of flooding is the

availability of water for consumption during extreme conditions such as
the collapse of the drinking water system.

The importance of this work is that the unit processes can be automated
as well as performed manually, without any use of electric power, thus
providing a clean and safe technology.
 Suspended solids

The great problem is the presence of high suspended

solids content is due to the presence of silts and clays
generated by the weathering of the rocks in which water
erosion is contemplated. However, this is compounded by
the impact of climate change, which in Peru has been
associated with a greater incision with the "Nio"
phenomenon reflected in floods and droughts.
The importance of this work is that the unit processes can
be automated as well as performed manually, without any
use of electric power, thus providing a clean and safe
technology
METHODOLOGY
 In the first stage, the precipitation of the SST
Supplied:
Flocculant -
concentration of 0.05%.

Shake
speed : 150 rpm

Figure 2. it is shown the process that

Figure 1 shows that 2 ml to 0.05% made the flocculant
of flocculant is added to 1 liter of
water.
 In the second stage, it is sought to precipitate
the content of metals and colloids

Supplied:
aluminum sulfate 10%

Figure 3 it is shown the Figure 4 it is shown the

precipitate of the SST qualification of the water -
obtaining a pH of 7
 CROPS SUBSTRATES FOR COLIFORMS

Chlorinated treated water Treated water without chlorine

 In the third stage, purify the water
300 ml of the sample is then taken and
100 ml is poured into 3 Erlenmeyer flasks,
then 2 ml, 4 ml and 8 ml of sodium
hypochlorite are added respectively.
Then stirring each sample.

Figure 5 Supply of sodium hypochlorite + potassium iodide in an acid

medium with 3 drops of hydrochloric acid in the 3 Erlenmeyer
 RESULTS
The process of water treatment with high SST contents results in water within the water
quality standards. Achieving this way the obtaining of water at low costs and in a simple way
Final Desinfectado
Settings Initial ECA

pH 7 8.2 6.5 a 8.5

Conductivity (mS/m) 474 480 150

Redox potential (mv) 340 351 650

Total suspended solids

12690 0.50 1000
(mg/L)
Sulfates (mg/L) 110 105 250
Chlorides (mg/L) 1.77 1.70 250
Fe (mg/L) 3.30 0.001 0.3
Cu (mg/L) 0.115 0.001 2
Pb (mg/L) 0.188 0.001 0.01
Zn (mg/L) 0.639 0.001 3
Mn (mg/L) 3.788 0.001 0.4
Cd (mg/L) 0.0160 0.0001 0.003
As (mg/L) 0.7702 0.0001 0.01
Coliform Bacteria 3 0 0.00
DESIGN OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH SUSTAINED HIGH SOLIDS

It is known that the flow of the River Rimac is 20 m3 / sec, for this project it is proposed
to treat 2 m3 / sec of the flow of the river Rmac converting to m3 / hr.
Tp = 2 m3 / sec * 60 sec / min * 60 min / 1h = 7200 m3 / h.

time
(seg) H(cm) cm/seg ft/hr
18 27 0.2825 33.3576 SEDIMENTATION CURVE
30
29 24 0.2825 33.3576
40 21 0.2825 33.3576
51 18 0.2825 33.3576 25

62 15 0.2825 33.3576
72 12 0.2825 33.3576 20

81 9 0.551 65.06208

H(cm)
84 6 0.263 31.05504 15
-
97 3 -0.985 116.3088
10
110 3.18
124 3.06
5
138 3
170 2.94
0
249 2.91 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
296 2.88 time(sec)
366 2.88
CONCLUSIONS

It is possible to remove the large amount of existing SST up to

values of 0.5 mg / L that is within the environmental quality
parameters.

The metals in the form of hydroxides contained in the sample were

precipitated, obtaining results within the Environmental Quality
Standards of water.

The coliforms were completely removed using sodium hypochlorite

and obtaining a residual chlorine of 0.5mg / l.