Performance of Limestone as a Multi-Media Filter for Manganese Removal from Groundwater

• Autorzy: Ahmedi Figene , Thaqi Premton , Tosuni Kaltrina

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/163251

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

According to Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption, concentration of the manganese in the drinking water should not exceed 0.05 mg/l. However, this level of manganese concentration is higher ingroundwaterof a community (Vitia town) in Kosovo. Groundwater is used for drinking supply of some villages and is only chlorified continuing to the reservoir from where is gravitationallydisseminated to the villages. The manganese level of the water is at the range 0.3 to 0.6 mg/l. Limestone has been provenby many researchers to be a very effective filter material in manganese removal for groundwater.A miniature filtration unit was modeled to investigate the removal efficiency of manganese.The unit consists of local limestone, where a single materialis folded in three layers of different grainsizes. In fact, the aim of this paper was to assess whether limestone as a single material acting as a "multi-media filter" can reduce the manganese concentration in groundwater. On the basis of the analysis of the single snapshot sample,the removal of manganese achieved more than 95% in filtered water. Particularly, this study demonstrates that filtering the water through three layers of different grain sizes of limestone ("multi-media limestone filter") can be a good alternative for manganese removal in groundwater.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

limestone; manganese; multi-media filter; single-media filter

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 6
• Strony: 385--391
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Ahmedi Figene

• University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Prishtina, 10000, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3246-1912

autor

Thaqi Premton

• University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Prishtina, 10000, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1944-4344

autor

Tosuni Kaltrina

• University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Prishtina, 10000, Kosovo

Bibliografia

• 1. Abdullahi, A., Audu, A., Chahul, H.F. 2018.Chemical Analysis of Some Limestone Samples from the Middle Belt Zone, Nigeria and Their Possible Industrial Applications Chemical Analysis of Some Limestone Samples from the Middle Belt Zone, Nigeria and Their Possible Industrial Applications. February.https://doi.org/10.4314/csj.v6i1
• 2. Ahmedi, F., Pelivanoski, P.2016. Fly ash particles as a filter material in on-site wastewater treatment systems for total phosphorus reduction. Water and Environment Journal, 30(3–4), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12184
• 3. Akbar, N.A., Abdul Aziz, H., Adlan, M.N. 2015. Iron and Manganese Removal from Groundwater Using High Quality Limestone. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 802(October), 460–465. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.802.460
• 4. Aziz, H.A., Tajarudin, H.A., Wei, T.H.L., Alazaiza, M.Y.D. 2020. Iron and manganese removal from groundwater using limestone filter with iron-oxidized bacteria. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 17(5), 2667–2680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-02681-5
• 5. Dvorak, B., Schuerman, B. 2021.Drinking Water: Iron and Manganese. May, 1–6
• 6. Elsheikh, M., Guirguis, H., Fathy, A. 2018. Removal of iron and manganese from groundwater: A study of using potassium permanganate and sedimentation. MATEC Web of Conferences, 162, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816205018
• 7. Fadel, A., Atoui, A., Lemaire, B.J., Vinçon-Leite, B., Slim, K. 2015.Environmental factors associated with phytoplankton succession in a Mediterranean reservoir with a highly fluctuating water level. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4852-4
• 8. Granger, H.C., Stoddart, A.K., Gagnon, G.A. 2014. Direct Biofiltration for Manganese Removal from Surface Water. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 140(4), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ee.1943-7870.0000819
• 9. Hamidi, A.A., Paul, G.S. 1996. Removal of manganese from Water Using Crushed Dolomite Filtration Technique. Water Research, 30(2), 489–492.
• 10. Kosovo, R.K.2021.Republika e Kosovës Administrative instruction (GRK) No. 10 / 2021 on the quality of water intended for,10.
• 11. Nath, S.K., Dutta, R.K. 2010. Fluoride removal from water using crushed limestone. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 17(2), 120–125.
• 12. Sanusi, A.M., Adlan, M.N., Mohd Remy Rozainy, M.A.Z., Jamil, R. 2016. Removal of iron and manganese using cascade aerator and limestone roughing filter. Materials Science Forum, 857(May), 509–513. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.857.509
• 13. Schneider, C., Johns, P., Huehmer, R.P. 2001. Removal of manganese by microfiltration in a water treatment plant. AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March.
• 14. Shafiquzzaman, M. 2017. Removal of manganese from groundwater using a biological arsenic removal ceramic filter. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 5(2), 1618–1627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.02.040
• 15. Shafiquzzaman, M. 2021. Effect of pre-aeration on the removal of arsenic and iron from natural groundwater in household based ceramic filters. Journal of Environmental Management, 291(August). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112681
• 16. Šiler, P., Kolářová, I., Bednárek, J., Janča, M., Musil, P., Opravil, T. 2018. The possibilities of analysis of limestone chemical composition. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 379(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/379/1/012033
• 17. Tekerlekopoulou, A.G., Vayenas, D.V.2007. Ammonia, iron and manganese removal from potable water using trickling filters. Desalination, 210(1–3), 225–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2006.05.047
• 18. USGS. 2018.Contamination of Groundwater. https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-scienceschool/science/contamination-groundwater