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Adsorption of pathogenic microorganisms, NH4+ and heavy metals from wastewater by clinoptilolite using bed laminar flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chiara Ferronato ,
Gilmo Vianello  and
Livia Vittori Antisari
Chiara Ferronato*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, viale Fanin 40, 40127, Bologna, Italy
Gilmo Vianello
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, viale Fanin 40, 40127, Bologna, Italy
Livia Vittori Antisari
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, viale Fanin 40, 40127, Bologna, Italy
*
*E-mail: chiara.ferronato2@unibo.it
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Abstract

The contamination of water bodies in urban areas is a serious problem, which may increase when wastewater is discharged without complete remediation. Due to their high adsorption capacity and ion-exchange properties, zeolites, such as clinoptilolite, can be used successfully to detoxify the wastewater before discharging it into the water body. In this study, experimental use of clinoptilolite is presented for water remediation. A static flow (A) and a laminar flow (B) method were applied in order to evaluate the efficiency of clinoptilolite for reducing different contaminants in the outflow wastewater of an old municipal treatment plant in Bologna District (Northern Italy). Mesocosm experiments were performed in order to achieve reduction of the microbial faecal indicators and of the excess nutrients and heavy metals in the effluent. During the experiments, pathogenic microorganisms, ammonium and heavy metals were reduced by as much as between 78 and 95% within 24 h, highlighting the great efficiency of this low-cost material for water remediation.

Keywords

clinoptiloliteheavy metalsmicrobial pathogenswastewater
Type
Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2015

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