Obenvale Water Treatment Plant Project

Obenvale Water Treatment Plant

Operator: Singleton Council, NSW
Quantity: 205 m3 C & S Filter Coal
Filter Media: C & S Coal ES=1.6-1.8 mm UC=1.3 max 1350 mm deep

Silica Sand ES=0.7-0.8 mm UC=1.35 max 150 mm deep

Support Layer: Graded Gravel 450 mm deep
Height Of Washout: Troughs above media 1200 mm

 

This plant uses the contact filtration process and has 6 open gravity filters with coarse deep bed dual media.

This 30 ML/day plant was commissioned in 1993 and cost A$6 million.

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