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Assessment of an experimental unit for greywater treatment; for water conservation purposes

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Wastewater treatment

Abstract

Decreasing of freshwater is one of the biggest problems that faces Egyptian and international society as well, where increase in water consumption with population growth, rare rain with high evaporation, evolution of living, expansion of agricultural areas, and industrial projects, all push scientists to search about non-traditional resources of water. Since most daily activities don't required fresh water, it was necessary to find another source of water that can meet these proposes to save a high amount of freshwater consumed in such activities. One of the suggestions to find a new water resource is the reuse of greywater as non-potable water to face the continuous pressure on water consumption. In this study an experimental treatment unit has been tested and evaluated from the greywater treatment efficiency point of view. The filtration method using both up-down and down-up flow is selected to treat the greywater. Based on the analysis of the results of the experimental work; it was found that using sponge as filtration media is the most efficient strategy comparing with others for greywater treatment. The removal efficiency of evaluated parameters for sponge filter were; 98.8%, 86.91%, 67.90%, 71.15%, and 86.36% for TSS, Turbidity, COD, Nitrate, and Phosphate respectively. This treatment unit can be used for treatment of light greywater efficiently, and its effluent can be reused at least in toilet flushing and irrigation of green areas, saving huge amount of fresh water. Greywater reuse is highlighted because its participation in water resources conservation.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2022.90438.1036

Keywords

water conservation, Greywater treatment, filter media, reuse, Sponge

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

F. A. SOLIMAN

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Affiliation

Aswan University - Faculty of Engineering - Civil Eng. Dept.

Email

mfekry1973@gmail.com

City

Aswan

Orcid

0000-0003-2926-9508

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Fekry

Affiliation

Civil Eng. Dept., Engineering Faculty, Aswan University.

Email

mohamed.soliman@aswu.edu.eg

City

Aswan

Orcid

0000-0003-2926-9508

Volume

3

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

32357

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2021-08-12

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

9

Page End

21

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_225817.html

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=225817

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2

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Original Research

Type Code

1,615

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

Publication Link

https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of an experimental unit for greywater treatment; for water conservation purposes

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Created At

23 Jan 2023