Horizontal Flow Filtration Bed: Impact on Removal of Natural Organic Matter and Iron Co-Existing in Water Source

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Removal of natural organic matter and iron co-existing in water source is a challenge and a major problem in the developing world where the most commonly applied process in water treatment is pre-chlorination which results in early formation chlorinated by-products. Results from this study proved that horizontal roughing filter system with natural pumice is a promising option for pre-treatment of such waters. The filter recorded average reductions of total and ferrous iron of 39% and 89%, respectively, and trihalomethanes formation potential of 35% after 1 hour and 29% after 6 hours along the filter. Further reductions of 49% and 61% were achieved when the pretreated water was subjected to coagulation.View full textDownload full textKeywordsiron, natural organic matter, pre-treatment, pumice, roughing filtrationRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2011.647372