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Performance intensification of the coagulation process in drinking water treatment

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dc.contributor.author Henry Heroe, Mungondori ;Tariro Annah, Muchingami ;Raymond Tichawona, Taziwa and Nhamo, Chaukura
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-22T08:22:13Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-22T08:22:13Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12821/436
dc.description.abstract Surface water pollution has increased, owing to industrial development and population growth. Consequently, it is important to find alternative drinking water treatment strategies, which cater for changes in the quality of raw water. This study compared the efficiency of different coagulants in treating raw water that feeds a drinking water treatment plant (WTP). Using jar testing equipment and a number of physicochemical parameters, an investigation was conducted to establish optimum conditions for aluminium chloride (A), ferric chloride (B), and chitosan (C), and their performance compared with aluminium sulphate (D), which is the coagulant used at the WTP. The turbidity removal efficiencies for the single coagulants were in the order: B (95.7%) > A (94.7%) > C (94.4%), at optimum coagulant doses of 60, 50, and 0.6 mg/L, respectively. The coagulants achieved high removal efficiencies for turbidity, total dissolved solids (TDS), ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (UV254) and conductivity under acidic conditions. For dual coagulants, there was a gradual increase in the removal efficiencies of the tested parameters with increasing pH. Combined coagulants were more effective compared to single coagulants, with highest removal efficiencies being exhibited by the A/C combination. Overall, the coagulants proved to be suitable alternatives to D, since they had comparable performances. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Water SA en_US
dc.subject chitosan coagulation ferric chloride raw water water pollution en_US
dc.title Performance intensification of the coagulation process in drinking water treatment en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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