Application of double filtration with granular activated carbon for Atrazine reduction on water treatment processes

Atrazine is one of the most often used herbicides in the world. It reaches the surface water body by runoff, direct application or airborne dispersal. Conventional water treatment methods do not efficiently remove these types of pollutants, whereas granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption is an ad...

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Autores:
Fuentes-López, Lina Marcela
Amézquita-Marroquín, Claudia Patricia
Torres-Lozada, Patricia
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/68514
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/68514
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/69547/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
adsorption
drinking water
Atrazine
granular activated carbon
adsorción
agua potable
Atrazina
carbón activado granular
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Atrazine is one of the most often used herbicides in the world. It reaches the surface water body by runoff, direct application or airborne dispersal. Conventional water treatment methods do not efficiently remove these types of pollutants, whereas granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption is an adequate technique for the removal of organic compounds from water. In this work, the Atrazine reduction of water doped with two concentrations of Atrazine, was evaluated during the conventional treatment process (coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation and sand and anthracite filtration), followed by double filtration with two adsorbent granular media (vegetal and mineral GAC), which resulted in an efficient reduction of UV254 (86%) and Atrazine (99%).