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Appliance of Electron Beam Technology for Disinfection of Sewage Water to Minimize Public Health Risks

European Journal of Sustainable Development

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Title Appliance of Electron Beam Technology for Disinfection of Sewage Water to Minimize Public Health Risks
 
Creator Sabharwal, S.
Sarma, K. S. S.
Rawat, K. P.
Hossain, Kaizar
Das, N Lakshmana
Maruthi, Y. AVASN
 
Description First time in India, a study was aimed to establish a base- line data for electron beamradiation dose level needed to disinfect and also improve the water quality of sewage waterfor possible reuse in irrigation, industries as well as a few domestic purposes. Raw andsecondary treated sewage water samples, which were rich with microorganisms from NaviMumbai municipal sewage plant were irradiated with electron beam accelerator at doses of0.45, 0.75, 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, 6.0, 7.5, 9.0 and 10.5 kGy. Electron Beam irradiation treatment ofthe wastewater was found to be very effective in reducing the pathogenic load. ElectronBeam (EB) dose of 1.5 kGy was sufficient for complete elimination of total coli formswhereas Cryptococcus laurentii, Aspergillus fumigatus and Absidia sp. were killedby10.0 kGy and no larvae of helminthes (Ascaris lumbricoides) were recovered at thedose ≥ 1.5 kGy. The experimental findings obtained highlighted the potential of thistechnology for disinfection of wastewater.
 
Publisher European Center of Sustainable Development
 
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Date 2013-06-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/51
10.14207/ejsd.2013.v2n2p31
 
Source European Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol 2, No 2; 31 - 42
2239-6101
2239-5938
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/51/45
 
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