To Analyze the Effectiveness of Cattle Dung Ash as Adsorbent for Wastewater Treatment

Abstract

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: The most commonly method used in India for treatment of wastewater which are basically primary treatment by coagulants and flocculants as well as secondary treatment by inculcating micro-organisms and activated Carbon for color removal. However all the above methods described are bit expensive. So the current study is about the use of cattle dung ash as an adsorbent in the secondary treatment of wastewater for contaminants reduction. Several parameters viz. Total Dissolved Salts (TDS), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), pH, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Total Suspended Salts (TSS) for tertiary wastewater will be analyzed prior and after the treatment with Cattle Dung Ash to identify the effect on effluents. This adsorbent is bit inexpensive, easily available and also ecofriendly. Keywords: Cattle Dung Ash; pH; TDS; TOC; TSS; COD;