Water ‘recovery’ curves

A quick lookup chart to help folks find maximum water recovery from tailings filtation

Click on the image below to download the pdf file, feel free to laminate and/or share.

However, remember…

This will give you the maximum possible immediate water recovery Water is required to run thickening and, especially, filtration plants. Pipes, plate packs and filter cloths need to be cleaned. And, particularly if spray nozzles are used, at least some this water needs to be very clean. This is not factored into the scenario above. However, appropriate water treatment using, for example clarifiers and polishing filters, can be provide this water.

The Filter Plant Calculator gives much more information, but this lookup chart gives a quick and simple way to find an answer when you are away from your computer.