Assessment of Physico-chemical Processes for Treatment and Reuse of Greywater

THE PRESENT study deals with real greywater that was.. collected from five flats and connected to a pilot plant. The research study aims at evaluation of greywater treatment and reuse using diverse phico-chemical treatment process including sedimentation, coagulation/flocculation and Fenton's reaction. The study includes the evaluation of different settling times using two successive sedimentation tanks that received raw greywater. The chemical coagulation phase includes lime and lime aided with ferric chloride as well as advanced oxidation (as Fenton's reaction). The experimental method involves monitoring of specific water quality constituents, under varying operating conditions, at different sedimentation periods and different chemicals doses to reach the sustainable approach. Greywater treatment was examined first in batch experiments to determine the optimum operating conditions including: the settling time, the dose of lime (CaO), ferric chloride (FeCl3), and Fenton's reaction [Fe-2(SO4)(3).H2O2]. The obtained optimum conditions were implemented throughout the pilot plant investigation.