Modular water treatment practice in cold countries

Abstract

Modular treatment systems are currently being adopted by many cold region countries to deliver a continuous drinking water supply. These are in the form of containerized unit where treatment sub-units are fixed in lesser footprint under an insulated material and temperature-regulated conditions. In cold countries, the modular treatment system could help the communities relying on central treatment facilities, which pose various operational and maintenance difficulties with quite a few nonoperational periods at times. In this chapter, few physical (granular filtration, membrane filtration) and chemical treatment systems (coagulation and disinfection) have been discussed that could be devised for a modular treatment systems in colder region along with the need of various adaptive measures in comparison to the conventional (modular) treatment system. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.