“PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MANAKLAO WATER TREATMENT PLANT, JODHPUR (A CASE STUDY)”
Keywords:
Total Dissolved Solids, Water Treatment Plant, Nephelometric Turbidity UnitAbstract
Water constituted is of the most important physical environments of man and has a direct bearing on his
health. Water is precious to man and therefore control of water supplies to ensure that they are pure and wholesome as one
of the primary objectives of environmental sanitation. The aim of water treatment is to produce and maintain water that is
hygienically safe, aesthetically attractive in an economical manner. An attempt has been made to study the Performance
Evaluation of Manaklao Water Treatment Plant, Jodhpur; Rajasthan, India (A Case Study). The normal operation period
of water treatment Plant Manaklao is of 16 hours. Daily discharge is of about 35.28 MLD (1470 KLH output capacity).The
Water Treatment Plant was analyzed for basic parameters of pH, Turbidity, Total Hardness, Carbonate Hardness, Chlorides,
Nitrate, TDS, Fluoride from Raw and Treated Water of the WTP. The Study revealed that the characteristic of treated water
from WTP meets the limit prescribed by Rajasthan Pollution Control Board.
