Activated Carbon and Coconut Coir with the Incorporation of ABR System as Greywater Filter: The Implications for Wastewater Treatment

Zakir Sabara, Aswariani Anwar, Setyawati Yani, Kusnul Prianto, Rahmad Junaidi, Rofiqul Umam and Rizqi Prastowo
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Zakir Sabara: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar 90231, Indonesia
Aswariani Anwar: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar 90231, Indonesia
Setyawati Yani: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar 90231, Indonesia
Kusnul Prianto: Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Surabaya 60237, Indonesia
Rahmad Junaidi: Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Surabaya 60237, Indonesia
Rofiqul Umam: Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda 669-1337, Japan
Rizqi Prastowo: Mining Engineering, Institut Teknologi Nasional Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: Greywater refers to wastewater generated from domestic activities, which do not contain fecal contamination. Therefore, this study aims to treat greywater in Makassar city to speed up the water cycle and enable reuse, as an environmental conservation strategy. The water parameters measured were pH, Turbidity, Total Suspended Solid (TSS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). According to the results, the greywater’s BOD, COD, and TTS contents were 49.98 to 54.88 mg/L, 509 to 655 mg/L, and 404.40 to 464.65 mg/L, respectively, all of which exceed WHO wastewater quality standards. The use of a wastewater treatment installation comprising a combination of Activated Carbon (AC) and Coconut Coir (CC) with the incorporation of the Anaerobic Baffle Reactor (ABR) system as a greywater filter successfully reduced the city’s greywater pollution. In addition, the new BOD content fulfills the environmentally safe wastewater standards, while the new COD and TSS contents were 152 mg/L to 184 mg/L and 59.68 mg/L to 77.42 mg/L, respectively, which are close to the WHO domestic wastewater quality standards.

Keywords: activated carbon; coconut coir; biological oxygen demand; greywater filter; chemical oxygen demand; pH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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