Upgrading Existing WTPs to Remove an Excess of Organic Matter in Water Streams

— The primary objective of this study is upgrading the existing WTPs by setting up an additional primary unit at the inlet of the WTPs which handles water flows from Ismailia canal to provide a safe drinking water source effluent. Three experimental runs were conducted to make a comparison between the three types of filters media. The first from agricultural solid wastes (Ag. SW), the second from broken hard stone (BHS) and the third from granular activated carbon (GAC), each used in separate, or in series or dual media. The research concluded that the (GAC) filter media as a separate media is capable to remove (26%) from TDS, (89%) from COD, (100%) from BOD and (100%) from nitrates.