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Performance Of A Drinking Water Treatment System For A Small Community In Rural Ghana, West Africa, Xiya Xu

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In many African countries, the shortage of water resources is a common phenomenon. Providing safe and adequate water is an issue that must be considered by community leaders and municipal authorities. The present project investigated the performance of a small drinking water treatment system in a small community at Enyan Abaasa, Central Region, Ghana, through sampling and laboratory testing. The treatment system, which is fed by a deep borehole, consists sequentially of polypropylene (PP) yarn pre-filter, sand filter, layered activated carbon-softener resin filter, PP yarn micron filter, reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, PP yarn final filter and two ultraviolet (UV) disinfection …