Effect of Aluminum Tetraoxosulphate (VI) hydrate (Alum) On Some Water Quality Parameters
Keywords:
Polluted water, purification, alum, water quality parametersAbstract
Communication in Physical Sciences, 2020, 6(2): 823-826
Authors: Idongesit Ignatius Udo* and Richard Alexis Ukpe
Received 21 December 2020/Accepted 23 December 2020
The need to acquire portable water has long been realized by the greater part of the rural area population. However, the technology of purifying contaminated water is not accessible but there are options that are mostly accepted as a better option for reducing the level of contaminants in polluted water. One of such local technology involves the use of alum (aluminum sulphate). The present study was designed to investigate the effect of alum on turbidity, COD, pH, chloride content, sulphate content, alkalinity, total dissolved solids, ammonium, and conductivity of contaminated water. Polluted water samples were collected from some local wells (designed to collect erosion water after rain). Analysis of the quality parameters before and after the addition of alum indicated a significant reduction in all the analyzed parameters except chloride, salinity, and alkalinity. Therefore, has the tendency to remove contaminants from water except for salinity.
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