Assessing the Efficacy of Commercial Activated Carbon Adsorption in Removing Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater

Yahya El Hammoudani; Khadija Haboubi; Lahcen Benaabidate; Abdelhak Bourjila; Iliass Achoukhi; Chaimae Benaissa; Aouatif El Abdouni; Chaimae Haboubi; Abdelaziz Touzani; Mohamed Moudou; Maryam Esskifati; Hatim Faiz; Mustapha El Boudammoussi; Fouad Dimane

doi:10.1051/bioconf/202410901022

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Volume 109 (2024)

BIO Web Conf., 109 (2024) 01022

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 109, 2024 Conference on Water, Agriculture, Environment and Energy (WA2EN2023)


Article Number		01022
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202410901022
Published online		20 May 2024

BIO Web of Conferences 109, 01022 (2024)

Assessing the Efficacy of Commercial Activated Carbon Adsorption in Removing Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater

Yahya El Hammoudani¹^*, Khadija Haboubi¹, Lahcen Benaabidate², Abdelhak Bourjila¹, Iliass Achoukhi¹, Chaimae Benaissa³, Aouatif El Abdouni¹, Chaimae Haboubi¹, Abdelaziz Touzani¹, Mohamed Moudou¹, Maryam Esskifati¹, Hatim Faiz¹, Mustapha El Boudammoussi¹ and Fouad Dimane¹

¹ National School of Applied Sciences of Al-Hoceima, Department of Energy and Environmental Civil Engineering / Engineering Sciences and Applications Laboratory / Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco
² Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment Engineering, University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30500, Morocco
³ Faculty of Science and Technology of Tangier, Department of Earth Sciences / Geosciences research team on natural risks / Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco

^* Corresponding author: elhammoudani5@gmail.com

Abstract

Powdered activated carbon was used in different studies for evaluation in micropollutants removal. In this study, powdered activated carbon was tested to evaluate its removal efficiency for about 46 micropollutants. A total of 33 compounds were found in raw wastewater. The PAC was found to be efficient towards total suspended solids elimination. Powdered activated carbon reached high removal percentage for heavy metals (90%), while the majority of the other compounds it varied between 60 and 80%. The impact of advanced treatments combination with conventional treatments could lead to high removals.

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