Membrane filtration process is an advanced water treatment technology that has excellently removes turbidity and microorganisms. However, it is known that it has problems such as low economic efficiency and the operating stability. Therefore, this study was to evaluate on the economical feasibility and operational stability comparison of membrane and sand filtration process in Im-sil drinking water treatment plant. For the economic analysis of each process, the electricity cost and chemical consumption were compared. In the case of electric power consumption, electricity cost is 68.67KRW/㎥ for sand filtration and 79.98KRW/㎥ for membrane filtration, respectively. Therefore, membrane filtration process was about 16% higher than sand filtration process of electricity cost. While, the coagulant usage in the membrane filtration process was 43% lower than the sand filtration process. Thus, comparing the operation costs of the two processes, there is no significant difference in the operating cost of the membrane filtration process and the sand filtration process as 85.94KRW/m3 and 79.71KRW/m3 respectively (the sum of electricity and chemical cost). As a result of operating the membrane filtration process for 3 years including the winter season and the high turbidity period, the filtrated water turbidity was stable to less than 0.025 NTU irrespective of changes in the turbidity of raw water. And the CIP(Clean In Place) cycle turned out to be more than 1 year. Based on the results of this study, the membrane filtration process showed high performance of water quality, and it was also determined to have the economics and operation stability.

수온 상승에 따른 조류 등 이취미 물질의 증가, 미량 유해물질의 검출로 인해 기존 여과 공정으로 시민들의 수질 기대조건을 충족할 수 없기 때문에 오존+활 성탄 등의 고도정수처리 공정의 도입이 활성화되었으며, 이미 대도시, 광역단위 에는 고도정수처리 공정 도입이 완료된 상황이다. 대부분의 국내 정수장의 여과 공정은 급속 모래여과 공정으로 구성되어 있으며, 10년간 막여과 공정이 등장하여 여과 공정에 따른 후단 오존+활성탄 공정에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것이 필요하다고 판단되었다. 서울시 Y 정수장에 설치된 고도정수처리 파일럿 플랜트 를 활용하여 고도정수처리 공정에 모래여과수와 막여과수가 유입되었을 경우 수질 및 제거율의 변화와 활성탄 표면 변화를 관찰하였고 이를 통해 막여과 정수처리 공정 도입 필요성을 검토하였다.

The H water treatment plant has been operating since 1982 and has had no renovation. It is assumed that the filters have been operated for more than 30 years and therefore are deteriorated. Many of the filters show an unequal state of air scouring during backwashing. For this study one filter, which was presumed most deteriorated among eighteen filters, was selected as a model filter for renovation. Some of the effects seen after renovation of the underdrain system were a lower average filtrated turbidity by approximately 0.02 NTU and an equal backwash state throughout the filter bed. Sand wash efficiencies by backwash before renovation of the underdrain system were 28%, 8%, and 5% at the surface, 50 cm depth, and 100 cm depth, respectively, and after renovation of the underdrain system were 94%, 26%, and 15% , respectively. The standard deviation of the effective sand size was 0.025-0.033 mm before renovation of the underdrain system and 0.002-0.011 mm after renovation of the underdrain system, meanings there was equal backwash pressure throughout the filter. Filtration time after renovation was approximately 2 times longer than before renovation.

After identifying species by collecting the suspended and attached algae mat inhabiting in the slow sand-filter, Spirogyra sp., Mougeotia sp. and Closterium sp. were main green algae and Synedra sp. was diatom algae. Among them green algae Spirogyra sp. was dominant species. A result of observing the life mode of apple snail for a month after introducing into the slow sand-filter, apple snail eggs were discovered on the filter walls 2 weeks after introducing, 4 weeks later lots of eggs were observed all of the slow sand-filter walls, it means there is no problem for apple snail to live in the slow sand-filter. The observation result for algae removal potential by introduced apple snail after 2 months later, slow sand-filter where apple snail were introduced, a few algal mat were observed. On the other hand, no introduced apple snail into the slow sand-filter, lots of suspended algal mats were formed in the water and attached algal mats on the sand surface as well, these algal mat induced much of operating problems.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the efficiency of coagulants dose after backwashing. The turbidity of initial effluent was high after backwashing in the rapid sand filtration and the high turbidity was almost removed by coagulants dose into filter-sand after backwashing. It was found that the turbidity of initial effluent was well removed by all kinds of the coagulants used in this study. When filtration was performed input water with differentiated pH's, the turbidity of effluent was low at the range of pH 5 - pH 7. But the removal was not good about over pH 9. This result was considered into the existence forms of aluminium, Al(OH)2+ and Al(OH)2+ at pH 5. Cryptosporidiums of effluent were 4/ml for ten minutes immediately after back washing and 3/ml until sixty minutes. However, the case of coagulant dose after backwashing, Cryptosporidiums of effluent were 0.5/ml for ten minutes with no detection after twenty minutes.

국내 정수장에서는 여과사를 이용하여 원수를 정수하는 급속 및 완속 여과시스템을 이용하고있다. 대부분의 여과사는 해사인 규사로써, 구성광물의 광물학적 특성이 매우 제한되어 중금속이나 유기 오염물의 여과능력이 높은 편이 아니다. 따라서 항상 예기치 않게 발생될 수 있는 오염된 원수를 효율적이고 경제적으로 여과할 수 있는 여과물질 개발이 요구되고 있다. 따라서 이 연구에서 해사를 대체할 수 있는 화강암 풍화산물인 장석질 모래에 일정량의 불석을 혼화하여 원수를 여과하였을 때 일어나는 지화학성의 변화 및 Cd, Cu, Pb와 같은 중금속의 제거능력을 시험하였다. 시험 대상 물질은 현재 정수장에서 사용하는 주문진 규사와 이 연구에서 제조된 장석질 여과사, 장석질 혼합사 I(불석 10% 혼화), 장석질 혼합사 II(불석 20% 혼화)이다. 장석질 혼합사 I 및 II는 주문진 규사와 장석질 여과사에 비해 대부분의 양이온 및 음이온이 높게 용출되었으며, Si, Ca, SO4 이온 용출은 Al, NO3, Fe, K, Mg, P 에 비해 높게 일어났다. 제올라이트의 함량을 높인 혼합사 II가 혼합사 I 비해 Na, Ca, Al과 같은 양이온의 용출농도가 보다 높게 일어났으며, 이 양이온들은 크리높틸로라이트 계열의 제올라이트로부터 주로 용출되었다. 주문진 규사와 장석질 여과사는 Cd, Cu, Pb에 대해 제거능이 거의 없거나 약한 제거율을 보였다. 이에 반하여 장석질 혼합사I, II는 Cd과 Cu에 대해 낮은 제거율을 보였으나 Pb에 대해서는 상대적으로 매우 높은 제거율을 보였다. 장석질 혼합사 I, II는 저농도(100 ppm)의 Cd, Cu, Pb에 대하여 비교적 높은 제거율을 보이는 것으로 나타났으며, 장석질 혼합사 II는 저농도(100 ppm)의 Pb 용액과 반응시킨 경우 상당히 높은 제거율 (90.7%)을 보였다. 고농도(500 ppm) 영역에서는 장석질 혼합사 I, II는 Cd의 흡착량이 Cu, Pb에 비하여 높게 나타났으며, 제거율도 각각 24.0%, 28.2%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 제올라이트의 혼합비가 10%에서 20%로 증가할수록 중금속의 흡착량과 제거율이 향상되었다. 이는 장석질 혼합사를 여과사로 이용 할 경우 제올라이트를 적정 비율로 혼화하면 높은 중금속 제거 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다.