The potential of fruit seed as natural coagulant in turbidity removal of water

Shamsudin, Muhammad Imran (2019) The potential of fruit seed as natural coagulant in turbidity removal of water. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Clean water is very essential to human to live but to obtained clean safe water must undergo treatment or purification before consumption. Therefore, the widely use of alum as chemical coagulant has been the most popular for treatment of water in treatment plants but it can cause problem health, environmental problem and costly. Therefore, the alternative use by using fruits seed as natural coagulant in the reduction of turbidity of water been used as it is safe for human health, easy to obtain and cheap. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of fruit seed as natural coagulant in turbidity removal and the best fruit seeds with the optimum concentration dosage in turbidity removal using turbid water and time needed to remove turbidity using field sample. Methodology: This experimental study was conducted by using 5 fruits which are (Durian, Tarap, Cat's eye, Date and Jackfruit) seed extracts and artificial coagulant (alum) by using artificial kaolin water. Stock solutions of these coagulants were prepared, and jar test of their varying mixing ratios used to obtain optimum mass by using range from 1 g ,2g and 3g and optimum dosages of 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/I for fruit extract and alum respectively. The effects of these optimum dosages were tested against turbidity, pH, and temperature. Result: The use of date seed extract of 3g at 200 mg/I dosages showed the overall best result among other fruits extract with the resultant water fit with the WHO standard for drinking water ( <5 NTU) by let it sediment for 24 hours by using kaolin water initial at 120 NTU but took longer more than 94-hour to reduce turbidity using field sample. Therefore, the exploitation of naturally available resources into water treatment in this research had shed some lights in the discovery of efficient, biodegradable and green flocculants as potential replacement to conventional synthetic chemical coagulants in reducing water turbidity. Keywords: Fruit Seed, Natural Coagulants, Alum, Turbidity Removal, WHO Standard for Drinking Water

Item Type:	Project Paper
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2026 06:34
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2026 06:34
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2780

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