All residual chlorine is neutralized with sulfur dioxide before the final treated water leaves

the plant. A flash mixer at the end of the chlorine contact tank ensures that the sulfur
dioxide comes in contact with the chlorine before it is discharged.
The Chlorine Contact Chamber provides the detention time necessary to ensure a chlorine
solution has time to react with the plant effluent before it is discharged into the East
Gallatin River. This chemical reaction disinfects the plant effluent. As the flow enters this
tank it follows a serpentine channel configuration to provide more than 80 minutes
reaction time.

This is the plant effluent as it flows over the weir at the end of the Chlorine Contact
Chamber. Compare this quality of water with that flowing out of the Grit Collector at the
head of the Plant.
Flash Mixing/Coagulation

Once the water comes into the treatment plant, chemicals are added and the water is mixed rapidly in a
container called a flash mixer.

These chemicals include: chlorine and ammonia for disinfection, powdered activated carbon (PAC) for
taste and odor control, hydrated lime for pH (acidity) adjustment and aluminum sulfate (alum) and a
polymer for coagulation.

The alum reacts with the dirt in the water to form a "floc" (coagulated sediment). These floc particles trap
the dirt present in the raw water.

Flocculation

After the water passes through the flash mixer, it then flows into the flocculation chamber. In here, the
water is mixed at a very slow speed by large paddles.

This allows the delicate floc particles to grow in size like a snowflake on its way to earth. As the floc
grows, it traps additional dirt and suspended material.

gambar di atas container called a flash mixer

Filtronics examines each application and designs a system to meet precise
requirements. Our treatment system utilizes three basic
components to offer a flexible, economical design highly adaptable
to every requirement of space, treatment or system.

1. Flash Mixer

Effective flash mixing requires equipment engineered to provide maximum efficiency and
operational quality. Filtronics' flash mixer offers three distinct advantages:

• High Energy Input - insures complete, reliable mixing.

• Counter Current Mixing - maintains consistent mixing quality throughout
the flash mixing process.
• 15-20 Second Retention Time - assures thorough dispersion of chemicals.

Filtronics' flash mixer provides optimum flash mix performance, thorough chemical
destabilization, and proper mixing for virtually all combinations of water and chemical
additives.

2. Flocculator

To induce the best possible flocculating action, Filtronics' stainless steel flocculator turbines
tumble water and chemical mixtures in a slow random pattern with a top-to-bottom vessel
flow-through.

• Low Energy Input and Low Tip Speed Velocity - 50 ft./sec. assures gentle
stirring of fluid to promote proper flocculation.
• 15-20 Minute Retention Time - encourages formation of a large and
durable floc.
• Baffled Interior - facilitates the gentle, random motion of the vessel.

The unique, efficient design of Filtronics' flocculator makes the unit an effective water
treatment component in nearly every treatment application.

3. Clarifier
Filtronics' clarifier provides a combination of design features and performance benefits no
other clarifier can offer.

• Super Slant® Design - provides more actual contact area for better storage
and removal.
• Solids Contact Clarification - draws untreated water up through the sludge
compartment for vastly improved clarification.
• Convenient Solids Withdrawal - allows easy removal of sludge without
stopping the system or wasting water.

When you specify Filtronics, you specify the most efficient, effective clarifier ever designed.

Advantages of Filtronics Modular Design Industrial system:

• Custom unique design for each application.

• Varied size of individual components without compromising quality.
• Can be configured several ways to fit into space - around corners, long
narrow arrangements or consolidated into a square.
• Can be purchased as an entire system or any of the three basic
components individually.
• Engineered to be adaptable to every water and waste water system.
• Greater price performance per square foot.
Whether you use the entire Filtronics Industrial Water Treatment System or
one or more of the systems three components, you are assured of
up-to-spec quality and dependability in each and every piece of
Filtronics equipment.

At the plant, the water goes through 12 foot deep flash mixers where alum and
polymer are added to it.