Performance of Horizontal Flow Roughing Filter Using Limestone Media for the Removal of Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Coliform Organisms From Wastewater

Authors

Mohd Nordin Adlan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Han Thein Maung, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Yung Tse Hung, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Abstract

This paper examines and evaluates the removals of turbidity, suspended solids, BOD and coliform organisms from wastewater using different sizes of limestone roughing filter. Results indicated that removal efficiencies depended on the size of the filter medium and applied flow rates. Turbidity, suspended solids, BOD and coliform organisms removals were between 75% and 92%, 79% and 88%, 51% and 67% and 67% and 96%, respectively, in a combination of the three filter media with particle sizes between 1.91 mm and 16.28 mm. Removal efficiency was found to increase with slower flow rates. © 2008, Inderscience Publishers.

Recommended Citation

Adlan, Mohd Nordin; Aziz, Hamidi Abdul; Maung, Han Thein; and Hung, Yung Tse, "Performance of Horizontal Flow Roughing Filter Using Limestone Media for the Removal of Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Coliform Organisms From Wastewater" (2008). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. 284.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/encee_facpub/284

DOI

10.1504/IJEWM.2008.018243

Volume

2

Issue

3