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- Researchers developed a modified homemade filter to remove fluoride, arsenic, and coliform bacteria from drinking water using a batch mode experimental approach.
- The study tested various treatment times (2 to 12 hours) to determine the optimal duration for maximum impurity reduction.
- After a 10-hour treatment, the filter achieved significant removal rates of impurities, with residual levels below WHO limits, making it a cost-effective and efficient water purification method.
Article Abstract
An attempt was made to investigate the removal of fluoride, arsenic and coliform bacteria from drinking water using modified homemade filter media. Batch mode experimental study was conducted to test the efficiency of modified homemade filter for reduction of impurities under the operating condition of treatment time. The physico-chemical and biological analysis of water samples had been done before and after the treatment with filter media, using standard methods. Optimum operating treatment time was determined for maximum removal of these impurities by running the experiment for 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12h, respectively. The maximum reduction of fluoride, arsenic and coliform bacteria in percentage was 85.60%, 93.07% and 100% and their residual values were 0.72 mg/l, 0.009 mg/l and 0 coliform cells/100ml, respectively after a treatment time of 10h. These residual values were under the permissible limits prescribed by WHO. Hence this could be a cheap, easy and an efficient technique for removal of fluoride, arsenic and coliform bacteria from drinking water.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2007.05.002 | DOI Listing |
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