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Use of biofilter as pre-treatment of polluted river water for drinking water supply

  • Suprihatin, Suprihatin (Division of Environmental Engineering and Management, Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University IPB Dramaga Campus) ;
  • Cahyaputri, Bunga (Division of Environmental Engineering and Management, Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University IPB Dramaga Campus) ;
  • Romli, Muhammad (Division of Environmental Engineering and Management, Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University IPB Dramaga Campus) ;
  • Yani, Mohamad (Division of Environmental Engineering and Management, Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University IPB Dramaga Campus)
  • Received : 2016.09.09
  • Accepted : 2017.01.16
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

Innovations in the biofiltration process can provide effective solutions to overcome crucial water pollution problems. The elimination of pollutants is a result of the combined effects of biological oxidation, adsorption and filtration processes. This research aims to evaluate the performance of quartz sand biofiltration for removing total suspended solids, turbidity, color, organic matter, and ammonium from polluted river water and develop an empirical model for designing quartz sand biofilters for the treatment of polluted river water. Experiments were conducted using two biofilter units filled with quartz sand as filter media. A set of experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of hydraulic retention time on biofilter performance in removing water contaminants. The kinetics of organic matter removal were also determined to describe the performance of the biofilter. The results show that biofiltration can significantly remove river water pollutants. Removal efficiency depends on the applied hydraulic retention time. At a hydraulic retention time of two hours, removal efficiencies of total organics, ammonium and total suspended solids were up to 78%, 82%, and 91%, respectively. A model for designing quartz sand biofiltration has been developed from the experimental data.

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