Worksheet 3 – Operate and control water pre-treatment processes
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What are the normal pre-treatment processes for your plant?
Consult the people you work with and check organisational procedures to complete the following
table of possible problems with water pre-treatment processes. Explain how these would be
investigated and how each would be treated.
Add at least three other problems that are specific to your workplace.
Problem
Possible
consequence
How to
investigate
How to treat the
problem
Damaged or broken plant and
equipment
pH too low
pH too high
Alkalinity too low
Increased turbidity
Decreased turbidity
1.
2.
3.
Worksheet 3 – Operate and control water pre-treatment processes
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