scholarly journals Effect of water treatment process on organochlorine pesticide residue levels in Ahvaz water treatment plant 2

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-352
Author(s):  
Saeed Samani Majd ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Rabie Rad ◽  
Zahra Nazari ◽  
Abdolazim Behfar ◽  
Gholamreza Reissi ◽  
...  

One of the main hazards of human life and health is the presence of pesticides in the aquatic system is. The Karun River is the surface water source in the preparation of drinking water for the city of Ahvaz city at the Ahvaz Water Treatment Plant (AWTP) #2. This study was done in order to investigate the statue of qualification and the quantification of the contamination of water entering into (AWTP #2) by selected organochlorine pesticides [(α, β, γ, δ )HCH, heptachlor, alderin, dielderin, (op’ , pp’ ) DDT, (α, β) endosulfan and metoxychlor], plus the water treatment effects on these pesticide residues removal. For this purpose, one composite sample from each of the water treatment process steps was taken monthly which was comprised of 20 grab samples in 2008. Water samples were acidified to pH < 2, extracted three times with n-hexane, and concentrated using a rotary vacuum evaporator for Florisil column chromatography cleanup and fractioned by elution with three different solvent mixtures of petroleum and diethyl ether. Finally, the elutes were concentrated to dryness using rotary vacuum evaporator and then the residues were dissolved in hexane and analyzed by GC- μECD. All 12 investigated organochlorine pesticides were detected. Results of this study indicated that concentration of investigated pesticides decreased (according to the kind of pesticide) by 20% to 80% and the mean of total concentration was reduced by 49% during water treatment process steps. There was a significant positive correlation (r=97.75%) between variation in the concentration of poisons and the total organic matter (KMnO4 value).

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 881-886
Author(s):  
Florina Fabian ◽  
Valentin Nedeff ◽  
Narcis Birsan ◽  
Emilian Mosnegutu

The total energy demand of water treatment plant Bacau (WTP Bacau) was evaluated at 239.94 MW h/y, in case of SMAT (Turin-Iataly) total energy demand of the plant was evaluated at 2.235,454.9 MW h/y, and 6,9 % is for WT. Chemicals consumption, is relative and depends on raw water turbidity at WTP Bacau, during the winter period raw water is very clean and requires only a simple chlorination, on the other hand at SMAT chemicals consumption, is 5.325 t/y and 8.8% is used for water treatment process.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 580-587
Author(s):  
Sho Nishida ◽  
Maki Asami ◽  
Naoya Ohata ◽  
Jun Horigome ◽  
Naoki Furuta

Abstract Iodine is an essential element for humans; however, it can be toxic depending on its chemical form. A variety of toxic and non-toxic iodine species have been identified in environmental water and in the drinking water produced by public water treatment plants. Here, we examined the change of iodine species during the water treatment process at a public water treatment plant in Japan. Samples of raw water and of treated water immediately after each of eight treatment stages comprising the treatment process were collected, and a speciation analysis was conducted by means of ion chromatography– and size-exclusion chromatography–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In the raw water, iodine was found mainly as iodide or iodinated humic substances that were ultimately oxidized and transformed into iodate, a form non-toxic to humans, by two independent oxidation stages in the water treatment process – ozone treatment and chlorine treatment. No disinfection byproducts were detected at any stage of the treatment process. Fluorescence spectrometry with multivariate analysis revealed that humic substances were markedly decreased by ozone treatment, but not by chlorine treatment. The present results show that, at the plant-scale, ozone treatment is an effective means of removing toxic iodine species from raw water.


2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Rak

The article focuses on both results of analysing the quality of the surface water taken from the reservoir and effectiveness of the water treatment process' technological examinations carried out both on a pilot station and in a technical scale. The research was carried out on the basis of the water taken from the reservoir named “Sosnowka” which is located at the Karkonosze mountain range bottom. There were 27 physical and chemical factors that underwent the examination. The effectiveness of the water treatment process was assessed basing on such factors as follows colour reduction, turbidity and such indicators as: alkalinity, total hardness, oxidability and conductivity. The 1st stage carried out throughout the water year included examining of the water treatment process' effectiveness in a pilot station in various technology systems by means of such unitary process as: sieving, pre-ozonation, pH correction, coagulation, filtration on anthracite and sand bed, final ozonation and sorption on active carbon. The other stage concerned examination carried out in a technology system in a technical scale of a new water treatment plant. The good quality of the examined water at that time (pH = 6,9; colour = 15 mgPt/L-1) allowed for using a simple technology system with the use of such processes as: sieving, pre-ozonation, filtration on anthracite and sand bed, final ozonation and sorption on active carbon and final correction of the water quality with Na2CO3 and MgCl2. The results aquired while carrying out laboratory technological examinations and those in technical scale allowed for establishing 3 optimal technology systems to be implemented while the water treatment plant operates.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cromphout ◽  
W. Rougge

In Harelbeke a Water Treatment Plant with a capacity of 15,000 m3/day, using Schelde river water has been in operation since April 1995. The treatment process comprises nitrification, dephosphatation by direct filtration, storage into a reservoir, direct filtration, granular activated carbon filtration and disinfection. The design of the three-layer direct filters was based on pilot experiments. The performance of the plant during the five years of operation is discussed. It was found that the removal of atrazin by activated carbon depends on the water temperature.


Toxins ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Czyżewska ◽  
Marlena Piontek

The research presented in this manuscript concerns the evaluation of the effectiveness of microstrainers, which are designed to reduce the amount of plankton in treated surface water. The efficiency of microstrainer filtration analysis is very important for the proper course of the water-treatment process not only in the Water-Treatment Plant (WTP) in Zielona Góra (central western Poland) but also in other WTPs around the world. The qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the abundance of plankton including cyanobacteria during the particle-filtration process allows not only for the assessment of the potential cyanotoxic risk in surface water providing a source of drinking water, but also allows the evaluation of the action and the prevention of adverse impacts of microstrainers. Over four years of research, it was observed that the largest amount of cyanobacteria before microstrainer filtration took place in May. The dominant species was Limnothrix redeckei. The microstrainer removal of plankton and cyanobacteria was statistically significant. The quantity of removed plankton increased with its increasing content in raw water. The particle-filtration process, by reducing the amount of cyanobacteria, contributes to a decrease in intracellular microcystins.


2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 05001
Author(s):  
Budi Prasetyo Samadikun ◽  
Siti Rukayah ◽  
Ika Bagus Priyambada ◽  
Sry T. Romaito Lumbantobing ◽  
Mochamad Arief Budihardjo

One of the results of the water treatment process is the sludge. Generally, the processed sludge from the water treatment is collected and delivered to a landfil. With the delivery of sludge waste, it requires additional cost as a levy in handling sludge waste. Therefore, it is needed to innovate on the recycling of sludge. The waste recycling process is expected to minimize the residual impact of the Water Treatment Plant. The process of waste recycling can be done by utilizing sludge from water treatment, which is brick making process. The benefits can eliminate environmental problems and also some economic problems. This study aims to determine the potential of sludge from water treatment plant to be added for brick making by investigating the physical and characteristics of sludge. The research findings show that sludge waste has the potential to become a brick raw material depending on the nature and clay microstructure


2018 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 08014
Author(s):  
Mihail Aurel Ţîţu ◽  
Andrei Victor Sandu ◽  
Costel Ceocea ◽  
Alina Bianca Pop ◽  
Ştefan Ţîţu ◽  
...  

This scientific paper addresses the importance of water treatment process until it becomes drinkable, studying the treatment process from different points of view that are considered to be relevant. The choice of this subject was motivated by the water consumption importance for the entire population, the scientific paper proposing to study in what way this water treatment process could be improved, using for analysis two methods of experimental statistical modeling, namely the Taguchi's method and the factorial experiment method. The purpose of this scientific paper was to identify the deficiencies of the water treatment process after it entered the treatment plant and analyze is carried out using the two mentioned methods above, were continued by finding optimization solutions for the process. These solutions are intended to avoid the situations in which the treatment plant may be unable to cover the required volume of drinking water and to ensure the quality of the drinking water supplied to consumers according to the legislation to date. The knowledge benefit of this research consists in the realization of the research intentions formulated and the practical applicability of the results.


2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rapala ◽  
M. Niemelä ◽  
K.A. Berg ◽  
L. Lepistö ◽  
K. Lahti

The removal of cyanobacteria, hepatotoxins produced by them (microcystins), phytoplankton, heterotrophic bacteria and endotoxins were monitored at a surface water treatment plant with coagulation, clarification, sand filtration, ozonation, slow sand filtration and chlorination as the treatment process. Coagulation–sand filtration reduced microcystins by 1.2–2.4, and endotoxins by 0.72–2.0 log10 units. Ozonation effectively removed the residual microcystins. The treatment process reduced phytoplankton biomass by 2.2–4.6 and heterotrophic bacteria by 2.0–5.0 log10 units. In treated water, the concentration of microcystins never exceeded the WHO guide value (1 μg/L), but picoplankton and monad cells were often detected in high numbers. The heterotrophic bacterial isolates from the treated waters belonged to genera Sphingomonas, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Herbaspirillum and Bosea.


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