SUSTAINABLE WAY OF RESOURCE WATER REMINERALIZATION : IN-SITU STUDY OF REACTIVITY AND TECHNICAL FEASABILITY OF A SHELL CO-PRODUCT TO REMINERALIZE AGRESSIVE WATERS FROM THE LIMOUSIN REGION
PALLIER VIRGINIE1*, CHAISEMARTIN DAVID1 & LE LU-MAMBRINI MARTINE2
1 Université de Limoges, Laboratoire PEIRENE – EA 7500 - ENSIL-ENSCI, 16 rue Atlantis, 87068 Limoges Cedex 2 Usine de Kervellerin, ZA de Kervellerin, 56620 Cléguer
Abstract
In granitic regions, waters are weakly mineralized, with high concentrations in
carbon dioxide, because of insoluble and hardly hydrolysable soils. These acidic waters are
considered as agressive and must be treated by filtration on limestone materials to reach
calco-carbonic equilibrium. Marine and terrestrial limestone materials are usually used but
the company, Usine de Kervellerin, wants to develop a new remineralization opportunity by
using a shell co-product. Semi-industrial scale tests were thus conducted directly on water
treatment plants, in Couzeix and Ambazac. The reactivity and efficiency of the shell coproduct
were comparable to usual materials for contact times between 15 and 20 minutes.