Waste water treatment: Difference between revisions

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Waste water treatment facilities are an essential requirement for a Martian settlement. A number of the following processes may be required, depending on the contaminants present in the water. Waste Potable treatment facilities are very similar to water treatment facilities, but treat less heavily contaminated water. In a closed loop system, the cleaned waste water is returned to the potable water treatment system for re-use. The water distribution system links the two ends of the water infrastructure.

Waste water treatment processes

Reverse osmosis

Biological treatment

Chlorination

Ozonation

Flocculation

Organic solids removal

Expected contaminants

Waste water treatment plant

The first waste water treatment plants will be packaged units provided from Earth. These types of units are already produced on Earth for buildings and communities isolated from the larger centralized waste water treatment plants available for towns and cities.

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-Potable water treatment facilities are an essential requirement for a Martian settlement. A number of the following processes may be required, depending on the source of the water. Some industrial processes will produce clean water than can be used in a potable water system. Waste water treatment facilities are very similar to water treatment facilities, but will treat more heavily contaminated water. In a closed loop system, the cleaned waste water is returned to the potable water treatment system for re-use.
+Waste water treatment [[Settlement facilities|facilities]] are an essential requirement for a Martian settlement. A number of the following processes may be required, depending on the contaminants present in the water.  Waste Potable treatment facilities are very similar to water treatment facilities, but treat less heavily contaminated water. In a closed loop system, the cleaned waste water is returned to the potable water treatment system for re-use.  The [[Settlement systems|water distribution system]] links the two ends of the water infrastructure.
-Water treatment processes
+== Waste water treatment processes ==
 Reverse osmosis
-Sand filtration
+Biological treatment
 Chlorination
 Ozonation
-Arctivated charcoal
-PH balancing
 Flocculation
-Desalination
 Organic solids removal
-Expected contaminants
+== Expected contaminants ==
-Water treatment plant
-The first water treatment plants will be packaged units provided from Earth. These types of units are already produced on Earth for buildings and communities isolated from the larger centralized water treatment plants available for towns and cities.
+== Waste water treatment plant ==
+The first waste water treatment plants will be packaged units provided from Earth. These types of units are already produced on Earth for buildings and communities isolated from the larger centralized waste water treatment plants available for towns and cities.