Greywater treatment using modified solar photocatalyst- degradation, kinetics, pathway and toxicity analysis

Kumari, Priyanka; Remya, Neelancherry; Behera, Manaswini

doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117319

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“…Household wastewater is wastewater produced at the household level by human activity [ 5 ], which is categorised into greywater and blackwater [ 6 ]. Greywater is the wastewater produced in bathtubs, showers, hand basins, kitchen sinks, dishwashers, and laundry machines which accounts for the majority of the flow (50–80%) [ 2 , 7 , 8 ].…”

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Integrated Methods for Household Greywater Treatment: Modified Biofiltration and Phytoremediation

Waqkene¹,

Mereta

Terfe

et al. 2023

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Most countries around the world have experienced water scarcity in recent decades as fresh water consumption has increased. However, untreated wastewater is routinely discharged into the environment, particularly in developing countries, where it causes widespread environmental and public health problems. The majority of wastewater treatment method publications are heavily focused on high-income country applications and, in most cases, cannot be transferred to low and middle-income countries. An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the performance efficiency of pilot-scale physicochemical and biological treatment methods for the treatment of household greywater in Jimma, Ethiopia. During the experiment, grab samples of greywater were taken from the combined treatment system’s influent and effluent every 7 days for 5 weeks and analyzed within 24–48 hours. Temperature, DO, EC, turbidity, TDS, and pH were measured on-site, while BOD, COD, TSS, TP, TN PO4−3-P, NO3-N, NH4-N, Cl−, and FC were determined in the laboratory. During the five-week pilot-scale combined treatment system monitoring period, the combined experimental and control system’s mean percentage reduction efficiencies were as follows: turbidity (97.2%, 92%), TSS (99.2%, 97.2%), BOD5 (94%, 57.4%), COD (91.6%, 54.7%), chloride (61%, 35%), TN (68.24, 42.7%), TP (71.6%, 38.7%), and FC (90%, 71.1%), respectively. Similarly, the combined experimental and control systems reduced PO4−3-P (12.5 ± 3 mg/L), NO3-N (4.5 ± 3 mg/L), and NH4-N (10.19 ± 2.6 mg/L) to PO4−3-P (3.5 ± 2.6 mg/L, 7.5 ± 1.6 mg/L), NO3-N (0.8 ± 0.5, 3.6 ± 2.3 mg/L), and NH4-N (7 ± 2.9 mg/L, 15.9 ± 3.9 mg/L), respectively. From the biofiltration and horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland combined systems, the experimental combined technology emerged as the best performing greywater treatment system, exhibiting remarkably higher pollutant removal efficiencies. In conclusion, the combined biofiltration and horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland treatment system can be the technology of choice in low-income countries, particularly those with tropical climates.

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confidence: 99%