Performance of Electrocoagulation Process in the Removal of Total Coliform and Hetrotrophic Bacteria from Surface Water

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Electrocoagulation is an electrochemical method for the treatment of water and wastewater. The present cross-sectional study was designed to investigate the removal efficiency of total coliform and heterotrophic bacteria from surface water using the process. For this purpose، water samples were taken from the drinking water intake at Suleiman-Shahsonghur Dam. The electrocoagulation process was carried out in a Plexiglas reactor in the batch mode with Al and Fe used electrodes. The experiment design was carried out using the Design Expert Software (Stat-Ease Inc.، Ver. 6. 0. 6). After each run، the values of metals dissolved due to anode electrode dissolution were measured using the Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and the results were analyzed using the RSM model. Results revealed maximum removal efficiencies of 100% and 89. 1% for total coliform and heterotrophic bacteria using the Al electrode، respectively. Also، maximum removal efficiencies using the Fe electrode for the same pollutants were 100% and 76. 1%. The measurements clearly indicate that the quantities of Al and Fe released in water were higher than the recommended values. While the electrocoagulation process showed to be effective in removing microbial agents from surface waters، the high concentrations of dissolved metals due to the dissolution of the anode electrode seem to remain a health problem that requires optimal conditions to be determined for acheiving standard concentrations of the dissolved metals.
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Persian
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Journal of Water & Wastewater, Volume:26 Issue: 95, 2015
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37 to 45
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