Potentials of zinc and magnetite nanoparticles for contaminated water treatment

Abstract

Water contamination is an issue requiring continuous remedy on daily basis because of the high demand for clean quality water. Scientists have proffered numerous ways of making this possible but the techniques involved is often difficult to replicate at small scale. For this reason, easier and cheaper techniques for contaminated water treatment are often sought after. One way of actualizing this is via nanotechnology, which involves the use of smaller particles (< 100 nm in size) to coagulate suspended substances and inhibit microbial growth in the targeted water. The mechanisms involved have been presented for zinc and magnetite nanoparticles in this write-up. This technology provides way of getting clean quality water for domestic, agricultural and industrial applications.

Production, Properties and Applications of Materials-based Nano-Enzymes

“…The application of zinc oxide NMB as biosensors to monitor and control postharvest operations in the food sector has been extensively reported in literature [16,[68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]. Akbar and Sadiq [76] applied the zinc-oxide nanomaterials to control the microbial activities in food product.…”

“…The application of the material in food analysis has been extensively studied [15,26,64,81,82]. Other applications of the nano-enzyme have been reported for wastewater and effluents treatment from the food industry [73,[83][84][85].…”

​Water Quality Assessment of the Ouled Mellouk Dam Treatment Plant, North Western Algeria

“…Water quality has become a common research issue in the water resource management field due to the increased deterioration of surface and groundwater quality, as a result of pollution (Soltani et al, 2021). Quality assurance is necessary in water management practice to ensure safety in water application (Fadeyibi et al, 2018). Treatment or purification of water is considered as a critical challenge especially in developing countries since this treatment is an essential facility to conserve the public health and environment by eliminating of water borne diseases and pathogens (Hayder, 2017).This study was made to assess the water quality of the Ouled Mellouk dam treatment plant, which currently produces a treated water flow of 1800 m 3 /h, of which 500 l/s was intended to supply the municipalities: Rouina, Bourached, Zeddine, El Abadia, El Mayenne and El-Attaf, with a total population of 158900 inhabitation and an estimated of 9.830 HM 3 water supply in 2018 (IWRMA, 2020).…”