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 Volume 5, Issue 8 (August 2018), Pages: 58-63

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Development of a treatment unit for removal of arsenic from groundwater

 Author(s): Abdul Qayoom Jakhrani 1, *, Abdul Rehman Jatoi 1, Muhammad Ramzan Luhur 2, Ahmed Ali Sohu 1, Noor Zaman Shar 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Energy and Environment Engineering Department, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan
 2Mechanical Engineering Department, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan
 3Office of the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.08.008

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 Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to develop a treatment unit for arsenic contaminated groundwater samples. The samples were collected from different locations of Taluka Sakrand by means of installed hand pumps and tube wells. The treatment unit was developed locally with three layers, each with iron nails, activated carbon and milled rice husk from the top to bottom. The arsenic contaminated groundwater samples were put from the top layer and treated samples were collected from the bottom of the unit through tap valve. The arsenic contamination level of the samples was checked before and after treatment with the help of arsenic measuring kit. The contact time of the samples through the beds of developed unit was around 30 minutes. The highest concentration of arsenic in groundwater samples was found 60 ppb taken from village Miru Kalhoro. No arsenic amount was found in all treated samples after passing through the layers of installed unit. It is concluded that the developed unit is a suitable and effective for the treatment of arsenic contaminated groundwater samples up to 60 ppb concentrations. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Adsorbents, Arsenic contamination, Groundwater samples, Treatment unit

 Article History: Received 27 February 2018, Received in revised form 18 May 2018, Accepted 29 May 2018

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.08.008

 Citation:

 Jakhrani AQ,  Jatoi AR, and Luhur MR et al. (2018). Development of a treatment unit for removal of arsenic from groundwater. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(8): 58-63

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 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/2018/V5I8/Jakhrani.html

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