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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Evaluation of the most promising techniques overcoming the algal problems takes place during the purification of drinking water.

Eman A Mahmoud, Atef Mohamed Gad Mohamed, Abd El Hay Ali Farrag, Shaimaa A M Aboeldahb

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eman A MahmoudPetroleum Biotechnology Lab, Processes Development Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Egypt. Em_micro81@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-4491
Atef Mohamed Gad MohamedAssiut and New Valley Company for Water and Waste Water, Assiut, Egypt.
Abd El Hay Ali FarragGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Shaimaa A M AboeldahbAssiut and New Valley Company for Water and Waste Water, Assiut, Egypt.
Assiut University · EGEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work aims to study the technical problems of algal blooms that hinder the purification process of surface water used for drinking purposes and not its harmful effect on human health and the surrounding environment. It is also related to the demonstration of the improved coagulation process as an efficient technique in the algal removal from surface water by its application in jar tests. The study was carried out in the water purification plant in Nazlet Abdellah near the city of Assiut, Egypt. To achieve that, many ores and natural materials which aid in the removing of the algal blooms from surface water during the purification processes were tested. The examined materials should be technically and economically proper for improving the removal of algae from treated surface water for drinking purposes. The results showed that the kaolinite and bentonite (K and B) when coupled separately with aluminum sulfate (alum.) (the main coagulant agent) associated with the raw surface water in the flocculation basin were more efficient in the algae removal from treated surface water before reaching the sand filters by ratio up to 90%.

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Drinking WaterWater PurificationEgyptEutrophicationFlocculationHumansDrinking WaterAlgal bloomsAssiutCoagulationEgyptPurificationSurface water

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PMID33846925
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