Rapid Mixing for Water Treatment

09/24/25

“Why is it important to rapidly mix water at the beginning of the coagulation process?”

Coagulation mixes coagulants with suspended particles to form larger, charge-neutralized molecules. However, the mixing needs to occur quickly (usually less than a minute) to ensure the coagulants are evenly distributed and the suspended solids are destabilized to effectively clump together during flocculation. This Rapid Mixing for Water Treatment is the first part of the larger coagulation-flocculation process, and is an example of how the brilliant systems that underpin everyday life for many.

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