Is it possible to remove the contaminated oil from ground water used for agriculture and drinking ?
People are facing a grave threat in accessing clean drinking water due to groundwater pollution caused by oil leakage. In recent days, oil waste is clearly observed in drinking-water sources (wells etc). Wells are the prime and mostly the sole source of water in and this contamination is severely affecting the livelihood in those areas.
This issue has resulted in scarcity for clean drinking water for the people living. need to create awareness of the issue to a wider audience in order to accelerate the phase at which actions are taken to solve the issue.
Can any body give a sustainable solution fore this burning issue.
This is a very difficult task. Oil pollution releases thousands of chemicals ranging from inorganic to organic into water bodies. You have to remove these two constituents completely before you begin a toxicological assessment of treated water on experimental animals. The result obtained from this toxicological test for acute and chronic toxicity will determine whether it is suitable for human consumption.
Dear following publication can help you to know about the contaminants control from the ground water. This topic is interested and researcher have deep interest in this field. Clean water is rare and emerging technologies need to control this concern issue. below articles may not sustainable answer for this concern issue but helpful to understand it deeply. thanks
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Oil pollution releases thousands of chemicals ranging from inorganic to organic into water bodies. You have to remove these two constituents completely before you begin a toxicological assessment of treated water on experimental animals. The result obtained from this toxicological test for acute and chronic toxicity will determine whether it is suitable for human consumption.
Oil pollution is really intriguing. First, find out if the oil is of high or low API; this helps in determining the rate of spread of the oil contaminant. There are some suitable sorbents that sorbs both the organic and inorganic components of the oil. After two or three batch sorption processes. The PAH level, TPH, specific metals, and some biological parameters could be assessed to determine levels. If the levels are in conformity with standards, toxicological tests could be carried out in case of the existence of latent but lethal constituents.
There are many methods listed in the literature to clean oil contaminated groundwater. However today in Doha, I attended a presentation about new method applied in the site called EKO/GRID Technology. It deserves you have a look in!
It was applied in Oman, recently
Read my article and see the traditional methods of removing contaminants from water. Besides these, the discovered in my research using the biotite (black mica).
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11270-015-2489-0
conduct a baseline survey on the water quality indices in the study area, this will help you know the depth of the toxicants and concentration there and the extent they have spread and the nature of the control that will be applied for adequate water quality management.
First find out amount of oil present in water (in ppm or in g/L)
List of methods suitable for separation of oil (contaminant) from water
1. Adsorption using Powdered Activated Carbon (Oil content is between medium to low level).
2. Microfiltration.
3. If the oil content is more - u can use electrostatic precipitators.
Although there may be many organic chemicals that have dissolved into the groundwater. The vast majority of these can be either removed by volatilization, adsorption, and/or microbial decay (and other methods including chemical oxidation and/or reduction). Attached are some papers to review that may be helpful.
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