Activated Carbon and Coconut Coir with the Incorporation of ABR System as Greywater Filter: The Implications for Wastewater Treatment

Greywater refers to wastewater generated from domestic activities, which do not contain fecal contamination. Therefore, this study aims to treat greywater in Makassar city to speed up the water cycle and enable reuse, as an environmental conservation strategy. The water parameters measured were pH,...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 14; no. 2; p. 1026
Main Authors Sabara, Zakir, Anwar, Aswariani, Yani, Setyawati, Prianto, Kusnul, Junaidi, Rahmad, Umam, Rofiqul, Prastowo, Rizqi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
Subjects
Activated carbon
Algae
Bacteria
Biochemical oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Coir
Contamination
Domestic wastewater
Fecal coliforms
Filtered wastewater
Gravity
Greywater
Hydrologic cycle
Laboratories
Membrane filters
Microorganisms
Particle size
Pollution
Quality standards
Rain
Sedimentation & deposition
Solid suspensions
Suspended solids
Sustainability
Turbidity
Wastewater treatment
Water conservation
Water quality
Water reuse
Water treatment
Indonesia
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Summary:Greywater refers to wastewater generated from domestic activities, which do not contain fecal contamination. Therefore, this study aims to treat greywater in Makassar city to speed up the water cycle and enable reuse, as an environmental conservation strategy. The water parameters measured were pH, Turbidity, Total Suspended Solid (TSS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). According to the results, the greywater’s BOD, COD, and TTS contents were 49.98 to 54.88 mg/L, 509 to 655 mg/L, and 404.40 to 464.65 mg/L, respectively, all of which exceed WHO wastewater quality standards. The use of a wastewater treatment installation comprising a combination of Activated Carbon (AC) and Coconut Coir (CC) with the incorporation of the Anaerobic Baffle Reactor (ABR) system as a greywater filter successfully reduced the city’s greywater pollution. In addition, the new BOD content fulfills the environmentally safe wastewater standards, while the new COD and TSS contents were 152 mg/L to 184 mg/L and 59.68 mg/L to 77.42 mg/L, respectively, which are close to the WHO domestic wastewater quality standards.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14021026