Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Climate Action (SDG 13)
Hospital wastewater contamination removal by modified natural materials
Dr. Tahira Qureshi* GC University Hyderabad, 71000, Sindh Pakistan
Hospital waste poses a significant impact on health and environment. Many pharmaceuticals, some with endocrine disrupting functions, enter sewage systems and can pass through the sewage treatment system to be discharged to the wider environment if not fully removed in the treatment process. This work is first study for hospital wastewater of Hyderabad on contaminating of River Indus, Pakistan. The hospitals effluent drains are continually entering into water streams without any efficient remediation into River Indus, Pakistan; this is the rooting cause of water quality depletion. The Indus River is the major water source for large number of population. It is important to preserve the quality of Indus River. We performed adsorption experiments to estimate adsorption capacity, kinetics of selected natural adsorbents such as sawdust, peanut shells and ber fruit hydrocarbon for removal of selected PhACs. Keywords: Water remediation, Pharmaceuticals, Natural adsorbents, Hydrothermal carbon & Decontamination
P20
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