{"id":1105,"date":"2025-12-01T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwits.pl\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:16:28","slug":"1015199172025123-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwits.pl\/en\/1015199172025123-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Integral Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Design Guide for Resource Circularity in the Caribbean: Part 2 \/ Kompleksowy przewodnik projektowania stacji uzdatniania wody (WTP) na potrzeby obiegu zamkni\u0119tego zasob\u00f3w na Karaibach: Cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kiran Tota-Maharaj \"ORCID<\/a>, Tawari Tota-Maharaj<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOI: 10.15199\/17.2025.12.3<\/strong>, GWiTS 12\/2025, grudzie\u0144 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abstract:
<\/strong>Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face increasing challenges in providing safe drinking water due to increasing demand, limited access to freshwater, and vulnerability to pollution. This paper presents the design and analysis of a conventional water treatment plant (WTP) designed for the Caribbean region with a capacity to treat and distribute 140,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day. The study describes a systematic approach to water treatment, including screening, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, flash filtration, and tertiary disinfection. The performance results show significant reductions in key contaminants such as coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli, turbidity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD), bringing water quality within internationally accepted standards set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). The WTP proposal highlights practical engineering solutions to improve water security, protect public health, and ensure environmental sustainability in the Caribbean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Water Treatment Plant (WTP); Small Island Developing States (SIDS); potable water supply; contaminant removal; water quality standards; Caribbean; sustainable water management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streszczenie:
<\/strong>Ma\u0142e rozwijaj\u0105ce si\u0119 pa\u0144stwa wyspiarskie (SIDS) stoj\u0105 przed coraz wi\u0119kszymi wyzwaniami w zakresie zapewnienia bezpiecznej wody pitnej ze wzgl\u0119du na rosn\u0105ce zapotrzebowanie, ograniczony dost\u0119p do s\u0142odkiej wody i podatno\u015b\u0107 na zanieczyszczenia. Niniejszy artyku\u0142 przedstawia projekt i analiz\u0119 konwencjonalnej stacji uzdatniania wody (WTP) zaprojektowanej dla regionu Karaib\u00f3w, kt\u00f3rej wydajno\u015b\u0107 wynosi 140 000 m3\/d. W badaniu opisano systemowe podej\u015bcie do uzdatniania wody, obejmuj\u0105ce cedzenie, koagulacj\u0119, flokulacj\u0119, sedymentacj\u0119, filtracj\u0119 i ko\u0144cow\u0105 dezynfekcj\u0119. Przedstawione wyniki pokazuj\u0105 znaczne zmniejszenie kluczowych zanieczyszcze\u0144, takich jak bakterie z grupy coli, Escherichia coli, m\u0119tno\u015b\u0107, BZT5 i ChZT, dzi\u0119ki czemu jako\u015b\u0107 wody spe\u0142nia mi\u0119dzynarodowe wymagania ustanowione przez \u015awiatow\u0105 Organizacj\u0119 Zdrowia (WHO) i Agencj\u0119 Ochrony \u015arodowiska Stan\u00f3w Zjednoczonych (US EPA). Przedstawione rozwi\u0105zania WTP podkre\u015blaj\u0105 praktyczne podej\u015bcie in\u017cynieryjne maj\u0105ce na celu popraw\u0119 bezpiecze\u0144stwa wodnego, ochron\u0119 zdrowia publicznego i zapewnienie zr\u00f3wnowa\u017cenia \u015brodowiskowego w regionie Karaib\u00f3w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u0142owa kluczowe: <\/strong>stacja uzdatniania wody (WTP), ma\u0142e rozwijaj\u0105ce si\u0119 pa\u0144stwa wyspiarskie (SIDS), woda przeznaczona do spo\u017cycia, usuwanie zanieczyszcze\u0144, standardy odno\u015bnie jako\u015bci wody do spo\u017cycia, region Karaib\u00f3w, zr\u00f3wnowa\u017cone zarz\u0105dzanie wod\u0105<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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