Application of Biocoagulant on Drinking Water Treatment

Abstract

A biocoagulant developed by the writers and called Bio-CoA was used to treat the turbid water in a bench-scale reactor as well as in a large pilot plant. The water quality after Bio-CoA treatment was compared to that treated by the traditional chemical coagulant, PACl. Although both Bio-CoA and PACl perform well in turbidity removal, Bio-CoA prevails over PACl since it removes suspended solids from turbid water with no changes in aluminum,