Potable Water Treatment

The Challenge

The public, as well as private, supply of chemically, physically and hygienically sound potable water is one of the major global challenges these days. Natural water resources that can be used as potable water without further treatment are very limited. ProMinent supports its customers in coping with this challenge. Advantage for our customers: one single contact and responsible partner for the complete water treatment solution. Our experts in the industry unit, Potable Water, have detailed knowledge and long years experience in the potable water sector and can therefore set up the optimum combination of technologies and products.

The Requirements

Potable water for human consumption has to comply with high standards regarding its chemistry, physics and hygiene. These standards are defined globally by the potable water standards issued by WHO (World Health Organization) as well as similar individual standards in Europe and Germany. These standards do not differ much from each other. In general,  all define that potable water must be:

• clear
• neutral in smell and taste
• not too salty
• physiologically and hygienically sound

Public water suppliers e.g. villages, communities or cities as well as private water suppliers e.g. hotels or industries have to ensure their potable water supply is complying with these attributes.

Methods for Potable Water Treatment

Unfortunately, natural water resources like groundwater or water originating from lakes, rivers or seas rarely comply with these attributes. As a result, it is necessary to treat these waters should they be considered for potable water supply. The main treatment methods, among others, are:

• flocculation
• sedimentation
• oxidation
• filtration
• adsorption
• desalination
• disinfection

Depending on the specific requirements we combine these methods in the optimum way to offer to our customers the best solution possible for potable water treatment, both technologically and economically.

Products

To do so, we utilize our own products and systems to meet our own high standards regarding reliability and quality. The following products are used:

• Solenoid and Motor Driven Dosing Pumps
• Dosing Systems DULCODOS®
• Tanks
• Controller DULCOMETER®
• Sensors DULCOTEST®
• UV-Systems Dulcodes
• Ozone Systems OZONFILT® and Bono Zon®
• Chlorine Dioxide Systems Bello Zon®
• Polyelectrolyte Make up and Dosing Systems Ultromat®
• Gravity Filters INTERFILT® SK
• Reverse Osmosis Systems Dulcosmose®