This paper reports a study on the application of aluminum sulfate solution, modified by the magnetic field and electrocoagulation, in the processes of drinking water preparation. The modification of the coagulant solution makes it possible to intensify water purification processes, to reduce reagent consumption by 25-30 %. It has been found that a dose of the modified aluminum sulfate solution of 28-30 mg/dm 3 improves the efficiency of removal of suspended substances and coloration by 35-40 %. The dosage of the conventional reagent solution was 40 mg/dm 3 while reaching the same purification parameters. Modifying a solution of aluminum sulfate with the magne tic field and electrocoagulation increases the hydraulic size of the coagulated suspension. A change in the hydraulic size in the suspension has been studied at different periods of the year. In winter, when treating water with the modified aluminum sulfate solution, there a decrease in the suspension content whose hydraulic size is 0.1 mm/s and less, from 89 % to 22 %. In this case, the content of suspended substances at settling decreases from 8.5-12.5 mg/dm 3 to 5.6-8.3 mg/dm 3. In spring, when using the modified coagulant solution, the content of suspension whose size is 0.1 mm/s and less decreased from 55 % to 15 %. In summer, there is an increase in the content of suspension whose size is 0.3-0.5 mm, from 58 % (a conventional reagent solution) to 66 % (the modi fied reagent solution). This indicates an intensification of the coagulation of impurities and the clarification of water. The experimental data testify to an increase in the effectiveness of discoloration of natural low-turbid colored water to 63.3-63.9 % for the modified reagent solution at 45.5 % for a conventional reagent solution. A change in the bacteriological parameters has been determined:

In this paper we studied the intensification of the water clarification process on contact clarifiers with quartz sand filtering bed, which was modified with a solution of aluminum sulphate coagulant. The modification of the quartz sand filtering bed was carried out by applying to the surface of grains of quartz sand solution of coagulant aluminum sulphate with different doses. Investigation of the electrokinetic potential of the filtering material (quartz sand) was carried out by the percolation potential method. The influence of electrical properties (size and sign of the charge) of the filtering bed itself and suspended solids in the water on the filtration process was studied. The filter material – quartz sand used in contact clarifiers has a negative electric charge. When the electric charge of the particles decreases, that is, as the ζ-potential decreases, the repulsive forces decrease and it the adhesion of particles becomes possible. This is the process of coagulation of the colloid. The forces of mutual gravity between the colloidal particles begin to predominate over the electric repulsive forces at the ζ-potential of the system less than 0.03 V. Modification of quarts filtering bed with a solution of coagulant aluminum sulphate recommended for the purification of surface water allows: to intensify the process of water clarification, to reduce the consumption of reagents by 25–30%, with the obtaining purified water of the required quality, to reduce the production areas necessary for reagent management of treatment facilities, and to reduce the cost of water treatment by 20–25%.

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