Filter tank level
Following the clarification phase of water treatment, pre-filtered water passes from an inlet channel and onto a filtration bed. As it passes through the bed’s media—sand or anthracite in depth-filtration types; cloth or synthetic membranes in surface-filtration types—the water is cleansed of its fine-grained suspended solids.
Challenge
Filter tank level triggers the backwash cycle. As solids accumulate within the filter, headloss begins to build up and water level increases in the filter tank. A pre-determined tank level indicates that terminal headloss value has been reached, and that the filter must now be backwashed to remove the suspended solids.
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Splitter box level
Wastewater treatment facilities with a large number of primary clarifiers often employ a concrete tank with chambers and gates known as a splitter box, or distribution box, to split the influent flow into multiple streams that are routed into the bank of clarifiers. A similar device may also be used to split mixed liquor flows between secondary clarifiers.
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