Water Purification Lime
Metsi Water Solutions supplies white hydrated lime to municipalities in the Eastern Cape
Used to improve the quality of potable and industrial water, as a water softener by reducing carbonate hardness and, to adjust and maintain appropriate water pH levels by neutralising the acid content in water* – thereby, establishing satisfactory coagulation conditions in the water treatment process, prior to further purification and disinfection. Lime is also used to remove silica, manganese, fluoride, organic tannins and iron from water supplies.
*Almost 40% of all surface waters and virtually all the ground waters in South Africa have low pH, low alkalinity and low calcium levels which, makes the water aggressive to concrete and corrosive materials – attacking pipes, conduits and reservoirs – with costly consequences.