WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS FOR FLUORIDE CONCENTRATION IN FLUORIDATED DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM VIA HYDRAULIC SIMULATION

Authors

  • Rosiah Rohani ᵃDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia ᵇResearch Centre for Sustainable Process Technology, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-4043
  • Siti Aishah Basiron ᵃDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia ᶜMakmal Pusat, Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad, Jalan Padang Keladi, 76100 Durian Tunggal. Melaka
  • Nurul Suraya Rosli Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-5812
  • Izzati Izni Yusoff Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-6178
  • Nadiah Khairul Zaman Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Aina Izzati Abd. Rashid Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, 43600 Selangor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1068-566X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v83.17027

Keywords:

Distribution network, fluoride concentration, water treatment, hydraulic simulation, EPANET

Abstract

Drinking water quality monitoring is compulsory in order to ensure that it does not pose any harm to the public health. Water fluoridation is aimed to provide sufficient amount of fluoride in the drinking water for the consumer dental health benefit. In this study, EPANET software was used to model the water distribution network from a specific water treatment plant and later to simulate the hydraulic and water quality analysis for the system. From the simulation and modeling of the water distribution network, the hydraulic simulation and water quality behavior for fluoride concentration of each nodes and links in the drinking water distribution network were found to change over time following the drinking water distribution segment. From the hydraulic simulation, especially for head and flow at a particular point in time, it consists of simultaneous solution of flow equivalence for every junction and headloss relationship in every link of network as a result of hydraulic balancing. In the water distribution network, every pipe in a network made up a single segment, where the water quality was proportional to its initial quality set at the starting node. In conclusion, the hydraulic status of the physical and non-physical components of the water distribution network found to have a significant impact on the fluoride content of drinking water.

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2021-10-16

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Science and Engineering

How to Cite

WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS FOR FLUORIDE CONCENTRATION IN FLUORIDATED DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM VIA HYDRAULIC SIMULATION. (2021). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 83(6), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v83.17027