Water treatment symbols

About these symbols

These symbols provide a standardized way to present important water treatment symbols in engineering drawings and plans. This helps clarify communication between the engineer, technicians, and other operators. These symbols are essential for training water treatment professionals, enabling them to identify and understand equipment and processes quickly.

Symbol Descriptions:

• Water filter: This symbol is represented with a blue cylindrical shape, indicating a water filter. It is used for filtering the water in homes and apartments.
• Central water purifier: A vertical greyish rectangle represents a central water purifier, which is used for filtering the water on a large scale, such as in industries.
• Clarifier: This symbol is depicted with a V shape, indicating a clarifier or sedimentation tank. It is used to separate solids from liquids in water treatment.
• Containment basin: This symbol is represented with a square, depicting a containment basin, which is used for water collection.
• Covered dome tank: A vertical rectangle with a dome-shaped cover on top, indicating a covered dome tank. It is used for storing treated water.
• Cooling tower: This symbol is represented with a curvy vertical rectangle, depicting a cooling tower. It is often used in industrial areas for cooling water by evaporation.
• Flume: Depicted with vertical lines within a horizontal rectangle, representing a Flume used to direct the flow of water.
• Fluted elevated tank: This symbol is depicted with a vertical rectangle attached to water storage structure, indicating a fluted elevated tank. It is used for emergency supply and water storage.
• Oil-water separator: Depicted with two large pipes, representing oil-water separator. It is used to separate oil from water.
• Primary clarifier: This symbol represents two squares, indicating primary clarifier, used to remove solids from the water.
• Treatment basin: This symbol depicts a light blue circle and a cross on top. This is used for treating the water and cleaning it from any containments.
• Evaporation: It is represented with three large vertical cylinders and pipes for water flow. It is used for volume reduction by evaporating water.