Rs. Rohella et al., APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC POLYELECTROLYTES WITH MAGNETITE FOR PURIFICATION OF RAW WATER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, 5(1), 1998, pp. 48-52
Commercially available polyelectrolytes have been tested for clarifica
tion of raw water obtained from river Kuakhai near Bhubaneswar, state
capital of Orissa. These reagents used as a coagulating aid, have show
n the advantageous effect of decreasing turbidity of settled water the
re by helping in reducing the dosages of aluminium sulphate. The polym
ers adjuncted with magnetite particles have increased the kinetics of
settling. The effect of polyelectrolytes such as Magnafloc LT-27, LT-3
1 and LT-225, their concentration and pH have been studied. If has bee
n possible to reduce the turbidity of the saw water from 234 to 3 NTU.
The total dissolved solids and colour of the water has also been redu
ced to some extent.