Open AccessTreatment of Synthetic Turbid Water by using Natural Tamarind Seeds
Author(s) -
N A Zainol,
Israa Othman,
Siti Nazrah Zailani,
Azlinda Abdul Ghani,
Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/765/1/012110
Subject(s) - turbidity , distilled water , alum , extraction (chemistry) , sodium , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , potassium , water extraction , chloride , water treatment , wastewater , chromatography , environmental science , environmental engineering , biology , ecology , organic chemistry , engineering
This study is done to find the alternatives to solve the water pollution problem. The common ways to treat polluted water is by using alum. However, the usage of alum as conventional coagulant had caused the formation of sludge that can pollute the water and also cause illness. Tamarind seed was chosen as the alternative because it is naturals, non-toxic, and 100% biodegradable sources. In this study, the research was done in two parts, there are tamarind seed extraction by using different extraction solutions and the jar test. The extraction solution that was used were sodium chloride, potassium chloride and distilled water. In jar test, synthetic turbid water with turbidity range from 200 to 220 NTU was used to determine the effectiveness of tamarind seed as natural coagulant. Form the results obtained, sodium chloride extract achieved the highest percentage or turbidity removal with the percentage 91.32% with the dosage 25mg/L at pH 6, while the distilled water extract obtained the lowest percentage of turbidity removal with the percentage 56.60 % with the dosage 30mg/L at pH 3. As a conclusion, tamarind seed can be used as a natural coagulant in the treatment of polluted water.