Tap water purification using pitcher filters

• Autorzy: Puszczało Ewa , Kamińska Gabriela , Marszałek Anna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/ACEE-2022-0046

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Due to the high risk of exposure to various contaminants in drinking water, pitcher filtration is rapidly growing in popularity worldwide as a cheap and easy method to remove pollutants from drinking water. On the other hand, an evaluation of the real-time performance of pitchers is not possible for usual consumers. This study presents the performance of pitcher filtration in the removal of copper, chlorine, and chloroform from tap drinking water. Pitchers were packed with Aquaphor cartridges JS500, A5, and B25. Experiments were performed with model solutions, which were prepared from hard drinking water (7.5 mval/L, pH=7) spiked with copper, hypochlorite sodium, and chloroform. It was found that pitcher filtration is a very effective method for the removal of pollutants such as heavy metals, chlorine, and disinfectants byproducts. The concentration of copper, chlorine, and chloroform in filtrates did not exceed the maximum admissible values. Cartridges JS500, A5, and B25 reduced chlorine at a comparable level - almost 100%. During the whole experimental period, removal of chloroform was slightly better for JS500 (100%) and A5 (100%) cartridges than for B25 (91.4-97.7%).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

chlorine; chloroform; drinking water; heavy metals; pitcher filtration

PL

chlor; chloroform; woda pitna; metale ciężkie

• Wydawca: Silesian University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Architecture Civil Engineering Environment
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 4
• Strony: 159--166
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 23 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Puszczało Ewa

• PhD; Department of Water and Wastewater Engineering; The Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

autor

Kamińska Gabriela

• PhD; Department of Water and Wastewater Engineering; The Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

autor

Marszałek Anna

• PhD; Department of Water and Wastewater Engineering; The Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).