Resources Comparison Between Some Parts Of Moringa Tree To Remove Turbidity From Water

Abstract

Because water is one of the basic natural environmental resources for life on Earth, we must preserve it with the lowest percentage of pollutants for life.

Therefore, this research aimed to use a natural material to remove turbidity

from water, which is the parts of Moringa tree, where a comparison was made between (seed extract, leaf extract, seed extract with leaves) to find out which of them would be better for removing turbidity from water, where synthetic water with turbidity was used. An initial value is 55 NTU, and the extracts were prepared by extraction method using an ultrasonic device and using hexane as an organic solvent in a ratio of (1:10) and at concentrations of these extracts of (10, 20, 30, 40) mg/L. Using a gartest device, fast rotation for two minutes and a rotation speed of 200 rpm, and slow rotation for ten minutes and a rotation speed of 20 rpm, with different deposition times whose values range between (1, 2, 3, 4) hours.

It was found that the optimal concentration for the three extracts was 10mg/L, and that the seed extract with leaves gave a higher efficiency than the leaf extract, and this was higher than the seed extract, as the turbidity values after treatment at this concentration were (4.3,4.87,4.9)NTU, respectively, and The removal efficiency values at the same concentration were (92.16, 91.14, 90.09)%, respectively, after a sedimentation time of four hours, meaning that all moringa parts gave drinking water in terms of turbidity according to the Syrian standard.