Barbara Oramah, Lainey Reed, Emily Spiek
Abstract:
Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration is the last stage in an AguaClara treatment plant. The filters are used to further reduce the turbidity of water to meet EPA standards of 0.3 NTU or less. This semester, the Stacked Rapid Sand (StaRS) Filter Theory team constructed 3 StaRS filters with sand of varying sizes. These filters will be used in future experiments to analyze how specific parameters, including sand grain size and coagulant dosage, affect filter performance. The StaRS Filter Theory team has spent the semester compiling a manual so that future teams can run experiments and reconstruct experimental filters if necessary.
