Water Treatment Operations: Case Study of Mada Water Works

 Design and working principles of water treatment plants in other parts of the world, as well as in Nigeria are 
different and requires extensive study. This work looks at current trends undergone in water treatment plants in contrast 
with the one obtainable at Mada Water Works (MWW) in North Central, Nigeria. Because, majority of these plants 
including the MWW apply obsolete techniques and equipment, as they were built in the early 1980s and 1990s. Previous 
research only looks at metallic contamination levels of the Mada River which serve MWW with unclean raw water. Hence, 
this work entails an in-depth study of the plant’s modus operandi, challenges faced and ways of solving them. Studies 
shows that the entire treatment plant needs a complete turnaround to prevent it from eminent system collapse. The attention 
of researchers is therefore drawn to the treatment plant’s various unit operation in order to address challenges facing their
functionality.