HyPure® Delivers Potable Water for Hospital and Residential Use in PNG
With numerous references in Papua New Guinea for the supply of water and wastewater technology, Hydroflux Epco was selected to design and supply a 140 kL/d Hypure Original potable water treatment system. The objective of this project was to treat river water from Weipa River and St. Margaret River to distribute to the health centre and residential users in the near vicinity.
The Hydroflux Epco solution was designed as a complete turnkey solution to enable scalability to allow for growth in capacity as future development of the site continues.
From a technical perspective the potable water treatment plant process flow consists of:
- Flushing Strainers (Duty/Standby)
- Feed Tank & Pump
- HyPure® Multimedia Filters (Duty/Standby)
- Activated Carbon Filters (Duty/Standby)
- UV Disinfection System
- Chlorination Disinfection System
- Filter Backwash System
- Instrumentation such as turbidity, pH, FRC, level sensors
The flow from the river is screened through duty /standby flushing strainers for fine particulate solids removal which gravitates into the feed tank.
The feed pump delivers the screened river water into multimedia filters followed by granular activated carbon filters in FRP construction. Filtration systems have been provided in duty / standby mode to ensure continuity of the process.
The disinfection is two-fold due to the water being used for potable purposes. The filtered water is subject to UV disinfection and then treated with chlorine via an in-line sodium hypochlorite dosing system before being sent to the potable water tank.
The entire sequence of operation is automatically controlled by means of a central control system housed in a container. The system also includes a HyConnect® remote functioning functionality.
All the treatment equipment except for the media vessels is located inside the container equipped with an A/C.
| Item | Value |
| Capacity | 140 kLd |
| Process | Hypure® Original |
| Design Configuration | Prefabricated Container |
| Year | 2020 |
