Open AccessUtilization of bintaro shells as activated carbon to reduce phosphate in laundry wastewater
Author(s) -
Martogi Pasaribu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of environmental engineering and waste management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2548-6675
pISSN - 2527-9629
DOI - 10.33021/jenv.v5i1.961
Subject(s) - laundry , wastewater , eutrophication , environmental science , activated carbon , creatures , phosphate , waste management , nutrient , biota , powdered activated carbon treatment , sewage treatment , environmental engineering , pulp and paper industry , adsorption , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , engineering , biology , natural (archaeology) , paleontology , organic chemistry
Laundry wastewater is dangerous if it is immediately disposed into a river without treating it first. One of the chemicals contained in laundry wastewater is a phosphate compound. If laundry wastewater is discharged directly into the river it will increase the phosphate content as a nutrient in river water which can be dangerous for living creatures. The high nutrient in the river will cause eutrophication in the river which will adversely affect aquatic biota. One treatment that can be done is the process of adsorption with activated carbon made from bintaro fruit shells.