Water Treatment Process using Manganese Zeolite Filter, Activated Carbon Filter, and Silica Sand Filter
Abdul Rahman1, Aulia Salman2, Ardianta3, Ansharuddin4, Rufinus Nainggolan5, Sarmedi Agus Siregar6, Ts. Wan Zuhari bin Wan Ismail7, Ts. Mohd Azri bin Abdul Ghani8.
Clean water is basic for daily human needs, such as bathing, washing, and
drinking water consumption. Until now, the community is still facing several
complex problems related to the availability of clean water that has not been
fully resolved by the local government. One of the problems is how to treat
existing water sources using a simple system so that water containing
chemicals that exceed the quality standards, cloudy and polluted can be
processed into clean water suitable for public consumption. The purpose of
this research is to treat unwarranted polluted water that contain chemicals
such as iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and the like which into clean water. The
method used is filtering using Manganese Zeolite Filter, Activated Carbon
Filter, and Silica Sand Filter. Laboratory results showed water parameters
related to health, namely Total Coliform showed results of n<2 (standard 0.0)
while the physical parameters for TDS (Total Dissolve Solid) are 263 mg/l
(standard 1000 mg/l) and chemical properties pH 8.0 mg/l (standard 8.00
8.50), iron (Fe) 0.02 mg/l (standard 0.03), mercury (Hg) < 0.0008 mg/l (quality
standard 0.001), cadmium (Cd) < 0.005 mg/l (standard 0.05), lead (Pb) 0.03
mg/l (standard 0.05), and organic matter (KmnO4) 7.13 mg/l ( standard
10.00). The laboratory tests result showed that the water treated utilizing this
method is suitable for daily consumption, but not readily to be drunk like
mineral water in the market. This treated water still need to be boiled to kill
the bacteria contained in the water.
Affiliation:
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Negeri Medan, Indonesia
- Politeknik Jeli Kelantan, Malaysia
- Politeknik Jeli Kelantan, Malaysia
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