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Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II

Kampala water treatment plant (Ggaba II) was evaluated in terms of performance, design, operation and maintenance. The evaluation was done across the dry and wet seasons, measuring physical-chemical parameters. Receding water level of Lake Victoria combined with poor quality of water at the intakes...

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Main Authors: Herbert M. Kalibbala, Maimuna Nalubega, Olle Wahlberg, B. Hultman
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Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/31638
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Maimuna Nalubega
Olle Wahlberg
B. Hultman
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description Kampala water treatment plant (Ggaba II) was evaluated in terms of performance, design, operation and maintenance. The evaluation was done across the dry and wet seasons, measuring physical-chemical parameters. Receding water level of Lake Victoria combined with poor quality of water at the intakes affected the supply of water in Kampala and the neighbouring districts. There was considerable increase in the colour of about two fold at the intake works during the period 1997 to 2005 with increased chemical usage to achieve acceptable standards. The conditions of operation and maintenance were also found to be deficient with some design and construction problems as well. The annual mean colour of the finished water was found to be significantly above the National standard value of 15 Ptu with 53.4% of samples not compliant. 21.6% and 9.3% of the samples taken were not compliant with the WHO pH and turbidity values respectively.
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spelling rr-article-95966542006-01-01T00:00:00Z Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II Herbert M. Kalibbala (7230407) Maimuna Nalubega (7225259) Olle Wahlberg (7230410) B. Hultman (7230413) untagged Kampala water treatment plant (Ggaba II) was evaluated in terms of performance, design, operation and maintenance. The evaluation was done across the dry and wet seasons, measuring physical-chemical parameters. Receding water level of Lake Victoria combined with poor quality of water at the intakes affected the supply of water in Kampala and the neighbouring districts. There was considerable increase in the colour of about two fold at the intake works during the period 1997 to 2005 with increased chemical usage to achieve acceptable standards. The conditions of operation and maintenance were also found to be deficient with some design and construction problems as well. The annual mean colour of the finished water was found to be significantly above the National standard value of 15 Ptu with 53.4% of samples not compliant. 21.6% and 9.3% of the samples taken were not compliant with the WHO pH and turbidity values respectively. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/31638 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Performance_evaluation_of_drinking_water_treatment_plants_in_Kampala_-_case_of_Ggaba_II/9596654 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Herbert M. Kalibbala
Maimuna Nalubega
Olle Wahlberg
B. Hultman
Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title_full Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title_fullStr Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title_full_unstemmed Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title_short Performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in Kampala - case of Ggaba II
title_sort performance evaluation of drinking water treatment plants in kampala - case of ggaba ii
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url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/31638