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ArticlePloS one2022

Treatment of waste stabilization pond effluent using natural zeolite for irrigation potential.

Kulyash Meiramkulova, Timoth Mkilima, Galym Baituk, Kulzhan Beisembayeva, Abdilda Meirbekov, Anuarbek Kakabayev, Gulmira Adilbektegi, Almas Tleukulov, Gaukhar Tazhkenova

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Kulyash MeiramkulovaDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Timoth MkilimaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Construction, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0003-1170-0494
Galym BaitukDepartment of Mining, Construction, and Ecology, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
Kulzhan BeisembayevaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Abdilda MeirbekovDepartment of Ecology and Chemistry, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkestan, Kazakhstan.
Anuarbek KakabayevDepartment of Mining, Construction, and Ecology, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
Gulmira AdilbektegiDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Almas TleukulovDepartment of Water Resources and Reclamation, Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Gaukhar TazhkenovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct utilization of treated effluent from natural treatment systems for irrigation can be challenging on sensitive plants due to high levels of salinity. Post-treatment of such an effluent prior to its applicability in irrigation can be of significant importance. In this study, the wastewater from a natural treatment plant was treated using a lab-scale filtration system with zeolite as a filter material. Three different column depths (0.5 m, 0.75 m, and 1 m) were used to investigate the effect of column depth on the treatment efficiency of the media. The suitability of the raw wastewater and the treated effluent from each column for irrigation purposes was investigated. The water quality parameters investigated were; electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), sodium (Na+), calcium (Ca2+), and magnesium (Mg2+). From the analysis results, it was observed that the column depth had a significant influence on the removal efficiency of the pollutants. The highest removal efficiency (94.58%) was achieved from the combination of electrical conductivity and 1 m column depth, while the lowest removal efficiency (10.05%) was observed from the combination of calcium and 0.5 m column depth. The raw wastewater fell mostly into a "very high" hazard, which is class four (C4) based on electrical conductivity and class four (S4) based sodium adsorption ratio; making it unsuitable for irrigation purposes. However, when the wastewater was subjected to 1 m column depth, the quality of the treated effluent improved significantly which in turn also improved the suitability of the effluent for irrigation purposes, with percent compliance ranging from 20.19% to 97.54%.

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WastewaterZeolitesCalciumPondsSodiumWaste Disposal, FluidCalciumSodiumWastewaterZeolites

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PMID35658025
PMCPMC9165778

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