Preliminary Assessment on Water Quality of Different Wastewater Using Solar Water Distillation Technique

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Author: Adlena Eliya Mazli N.; Zafflina Mohd Zaki Z.; Baharudin F.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics 2022
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85131153336&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f1022%2f1%2f012077&partnerID=40&md5=c8daf0fa4371facf0846aeb9c480b359

In rural and isolated areas, there are limited clean and fresh water sources, which could be an issue for the people living in those areas. The use of solar distillation is used to treat the wastewater as an alternative to the fresh water sources. Thus, this study will determine the water quality of two different wastewater using solar water distiller and evaluates whether the treated water comply to the standard limit of drinking water from the Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH). The stormwater and greywater were used as water samples for the study. The physical properties investigated were temperature, colour, and odour while the chemical properties were total dissolved solids (TDS), ammonia, chlorine, hardness and pH value. The performance of solar water distiller was examined by considering the quality as well as the quantity of treated water. The relationship between the surrounding temperature, humidity and the volume of water collected was observed and recorded. The physicochemical parameters of the water after the treatment lies within the standard of MOH. Thus, the results demonstrated that the solar water distiller has potential as an alternative sustainable water treatment method. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.