Keerthi sureshbabu's Blog – June 2011 Archive (2)

The ultimate goal in the design of a deep filter bed used in water treatment is to produce good quality of filtered water. The design parameters are not seen generally linked to the economic aspects of the filter beds. With the advent of dual media filters which produces about twice the quality of water than produced from conventional monomedia beds with equivalent water quality. the initial cost of the dual media filters are on the higher side when compared to the monomedia filters.A lower…

Climatic changes wont be smooth transition to a warmer world.Climate change elements fall into 3 categories:

• melting ice and permafrost.
• climate phenomena like EI Nino and the Gulf stream that influences other elements.
• changing rainfall patterns in the tropical and sub tropics.

Four sets of risks associated with these elements and the impacts:

• Sea level rise
• Unstable monsoon in India
• Drought in…