Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2015

Effect of powdered Moringa oleifera seeds on the characteristics of surface water

Vasavi Rama Karri, Mustafa Samiwala, Lavanya Kothapalli

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<p> Moringa oleifera tree is indigenous and abundant in India; its seed powder is known to be used as an effective natural coagulant for purification of water. The high cost of treated water makes people live in the rural communities to resort to readily available water sources which are normally in poor quality and expose them to water–borne diseases. Present study deals with the application of M. oleifera seed powder extracted from the matureddried seeds as a natural absorbent and antimicrobial agent for treatment of surface water for drinking purpose. During this study, water samples from three different rivers were collected and treated with various doses of Moringa seed powder viz, 50, 100, 150 and 200mg/L to understand the efficacy of M. oleifera seed powder on the clarification of raw water. It was observed that in post–treated water samples, most of parameters like turbidity, BOD, TDS, total alkalinity, total hardness, chlorides, sulphate and standard plate count (SPC) were significantly reduced with increased doses of seed powder compared to control or untreated samples. Based on the results, this approach of adopting low cost M. oleifera seed powder as a water purifying agent can be recommended as an eco–friendly, non–toxic simple water treatment system for purification of surface water, where rural and peri–urban people living in extreme poverty are presently drinking highly turbid and microbiologically contaminated water.</p>

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K.Vasavi Rama, Mustafa Samiwala, Lavanya Kothapalli Effect of powdered Moringa oleifera seeds on the characteristics of surface water Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 10 October 2015

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