scholarly journals Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Technological Process Optimization

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
Marina Valentukeviciene ◽  
Ramune Zurauskiene ◽  
Youssef Amine Boussouga
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Fluoride Removal ◽  
Membrane Process ◽  
Groundwater Treatment ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Flat Sheet ◽  
Ro Membrane ◽  
Sorption Phenomenon

Abstract Fluoride removal from aqueous solutions was studied using nanofiltration and sorption techniques which have always been best key ways to deal with water contaminated by fluoride. In this presented work, we were firstly interested on fluoridated rejected water overcoming the drawback of RO membrane process of groundwater treatment plant in Baltic region (Kretinga, Lithuania). Opoka sorbent has shown effective results of fluoride sorption with efficiency higher than 77 %. In order to understand the sorption phenomenon and to validate the results obtained, we have applied experimental data on Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms which allow us to determine isotherms parameters (KF; 1/n and KL; qmax) and to confirm the experiment. Because of the unacceptable tariff of drinking water treated by RO, defluoridation with nanofiltration method is proposed in this study as a solution which can replace reverse osmosis technique. For that, tests of nanofiltration for fluoride removal were carried out at laboratory scale by using nanofiltration flat sheet membranes (NF270 and NF90).

Research on Fluoride Removal from Membranes Rejected Water

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef-Amine Boussouga ◽  
Marina Valentukeviciene ◽  
Ramune Zurauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Cost ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Freundlich Isotherm ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Fluoride Removal ◽  
Microscopic Technique ◽  
Natural Sorbent ◽  
Sorption Phenomenon ◽  
Fluoride Sorbents

The excess of fluoride in water intended for human consumption can cause some problems in health of consumers from concentrations over than 1.5 mg/L. A detailed study has been carried out for the removal of fluoride from concentrated rejected water overcoming the drawback of membrane processes by using sorption techniques. Opoka mineral which is a natural sorbent and polonite have been chosen and valorized in this present work as fluoride sorbents for rejected water by membranes of the water treatment plant. These sorbents have been selected in order to reduce the treatment cost and to meet the standards of rejected water especially in term of fluoride. Opoka sorbent and polonite have shown effective results for fluoride removal from rejected water with efficiency over than 77%. In order to understand the sorption phenomenon and to validate the results with sorbents, we have applied experimental data on Freundlich Isotherm and SEM microscopic technique.

Improving the biological stability of drinking water by ion exchange

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Grefte ◽  
M. Dignum ◽  
S. A. Baghoth ◽  
E. R. Cornelissen ◽  
L. C. Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Biological Stability ◽  
Biological Activated Carbon ◽  
Pre Treatment

To guarantee a good water quality at the consumer’s tap, natural organic matter (NOM) should be (partly) removed during drinking water treatment. The objective of this research is to measure the effect of NOM removal by ion exchange on the biological stability of drinking water. Experiments were performed in two lanes of the pilot plant of Weesperkarspel in the Netherlands. The lanes consisted of ozonation, softening, biological activated carbon filtration and slow sand filtration. Ion exchange in fluidized form was used as pre-treatment in one lane and removed 50% of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC); the other lane was used as reference. Compared to the reference lane, the assimilable organic carbon (AOC) concentration of the finished water in the lane pretreated by ion exchange was 61% lower. The biofilm formation rate of the finished water was decreased with 70% to 2.0 pg ATP/cm2.day. The achieved concentration of AOC and the values of the biofilm formation rate with ion exchange pre-treatment showed that the biological stability of drinking water can be improved by extending a treatment plant with ion exchange, especially when ozonation is involved as disinfection and oxidation step.

Barcelona's water supply improvement: the brine collector of the Llobregat river

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 221-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Martín-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Treatment Plant ◽  
Salt Mine ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Public Work ◽  
Drinking Water Production ◽  
Llobregat River

The Llobregat is a 156 km long river, which supplies 35% of the Barcelona's drinking water needs from the Sant Joan Despí Water Treatment Plant. Since the establishment of the Salt Mine Works in the Llobregat basin in 1923, a progressive salinization of the water sources has been recorded. The operation of the Brine Collector, as a public work carried out by Aigües de Barcelona (AGBAR), started in 1989; it enabled a very significant improvement in the quality of the surface water used for drinking-water production.

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