Research Article
Modelling of Water Quality: An Application to a Water Treatment Process
Table 1
Raw water variables used for modelling and their correlations with residual Al and turbidity.
| | Variable | Unit | Correlation with residual Al | Correlation with turbidity |
| 1 | pH of raw water | | 0.21 | 0.21 | 2 | KMnO4 of raw water | mg/L O2 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 3 | Hardness of raw water | mmol/L | 0.27 | 0.22 | 4 | Colour of raw water | Mg Pt | 0.19 | 0.27 | 5 | Conductivity of raw water | mS/m | 0.34 | 0.38 | 6 | Silicates on raw water | mg/L | 0.35 | 0.28 | 7 | Turbidity of raw water | NTU | 0.07 | 0.06 |
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