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Study of performance of existing pond sand filters in different parts of Bangladesh
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by A.K. Kamruzzaman, Farooque AhmedPond Sand Filter (PSF), a small scale filtering unit has been widely used in the saline problem areas of Bangladesh. Recently
it has also been used in arsenic problem areas of the country. In this study the performance of the existing 61 nos. PSF in
13 upazilas with arsenic and saline problem areas were investigated. A survey was carried out among the beneficiaries to
get their opinion towards the existing PSFs and evaluate the social aspects of PSFs. The study also compared the PSFs
models designed by DPHE, NGO Forum and Danida. The study examined the effectiveness of various treatment unit of three
model PSFs. Turbidity, colour, faecal coliform were tested for the raw and treated water at various steps of the treatment
process. Turbidity removal of DPHE, NGO forum and Danida Model was 93.19%, 87.5% and 92.25% respectively. Only
6% of PSF treated water found coliform-free. Performance assessment of PSFs were done in terms of quality of filtered
water, ease of operation and maintenance, production capacity, efficiency of filter and acceptability.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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KAMRUZZAMAN, A.K. and AHMED, F., 2006. Study of performance of existing pond sand filters in different parts of Bangladesh. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 377-380.Publisher
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