Bioremediation of Turbid Surface Water Using Seed Extract from the Moringa oleifera Lam. (Drumstick) Tree.
An indigenous water treatment method uses Moringa oleifera seeds in the form of a crude water-soluble extract in suspension, resulting in an effective natural clarification agent for highly turbid and untreated pathogenic surface water. Efficient reduction (80.0% to 99.5%) of high turbidity produces an aesthetically clear supernatant, concurrently accompanied by 90.00% to 99.99% (1 to 4 log) bacterial reduction. Application of this low-cost Moringa oleifera protocol is recommended for water treatment where rural and peri-urban people living in extreme poverty are presently drinking highly turbid and microbiologically contaminated water.
Safe Water International, Carpinteria, California.
Michael
M
Lea
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003906:Developing Countries; D060766:Drinking Water; D005427:Flocculation; D029588:Moringa oleifera; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012639:Seeds; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
D060766:Drinking Water; D010936:Plant Extracts
Moringa oleifera; coagulation; developing countries; flocculation; household water treatment