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New application to remediate drinkable groundwater from excess of hardness ions by using sodalite bearing modified illite

Research Authors
Atef Mohamed Gad Mohamed, Al-Shimaa Roshdy Mohamed Ali, Abd El Hay Ali Farrag, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed
Research Abstract

Calcium Hardness (Ca. H) and total Hardness ions in drinkable groundwater cause great problems for the entire world especially, the population communities which are located far from surface water sources. The present study investigates the use of Sodalite Bearing Modified Illite (SBMI) as a sustainable and new technique to eliminate these ions from drinkable groundwater to compatible with the instruction of the World Health Organization. The methodology was achieved by using a new method to remove these ions’ excess calcium Hardness and total Hardness depending on two main processes; the adsorption as a first step and the coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation process as a second step. The results of this study were achieved through conducting three tasks; (1) Chemical analysis surveys for all the groundwater wells, to determine the areas which are more affected by these salts, and plot them on the …

Research Date
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Research Journal
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Research Year
2022