Keywords
Water purification
Abstract
Drinking water samples provided by Orlando Utilities from various locations and from Florida Technological University were analyzed for organohalides. Compounds tentatively identified were 0.0024 mg/l DDT, 0.003 mg/l phosdrin, 0.00036 mg/l BHC, and 0.000095 mg/l endosulfan. These concentrations are well below recommended limits for drinking water. Two water samples were mixed with 10 mg/l of 20-40 mesh granular activated carbon, agitated for 2 minutes and then allowed to settle in the flask for 45 minutes. A reduction in the organohalide concentration varied from 25 to 98 percent of the original concentration. Also, a solution of seven common pesticides of 0.1 mg/l each were mixed with 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 mg/l of carbon. The results indicate a reduction of 99 percent or better for all pesticides with 5 ppm carbon concentration.
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Graduation Date
1976
Advisor
Yousef, Yousef A.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Format
Pages
74 p.
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0012777
Subjects
Water -- Purification
STARS Citation
McCurley, William Ray, "Carbon Removal of Organohalides in Drinking Water" (1976). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 237.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/237
Contributor (Linked data)
Yousef, Yousef A. [VIAF]
Yousef, Yousef A. [LC]
University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]
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