Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Applicability of clay varieties at the disinfection stage of drinking water treatments

6^th International Conference on Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control & 5^th International conference on Pediatrics and Healthcare

May 16, 2022 | Webinar

Suresh Aluvihara

Univesity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Trop Dis

Abstract:

Disinfection is a significant stage in drinking water treatment because of the living of disease causing microorganisms in contaminated/polluted water in general. When considering the process with the reagents used in the process, chlorine and ozone play a considerable role, even though it is possible to find a few of the demerits with. According to the outstanding research and experimental outcomes, mostly there were found the impact of coliform bacteria and viruses in the causing of diseases such as diarrhea. In the existing research it was expected to introduce cost-effective natural clay varieties in the removal of such pathogens at the disinfection stage of the drinking water treatment instead of existing chemical reagents. As the experimental section of the existing research, three different types of known clay varieties were chemically and microscopically characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer; Fourier transforms infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). As the important results, there were observed the presence of kaolinite, smectite, muscovite and some important clay minerals presence in these clay types. It can be emphasized that the adsorption capacity of such clays might be relatively higher because of the presence of such minerals in those clays. Therefore, it is possible to recommend these clays for the development and usage at the stage of disinfection to remove some disease causing pathogens from the contaminated water instead of the costly compounds.

Biography :

Suresh Aluvihara is a postgraduate research scholar at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka under the research interests of Material Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Engineering and Chemical Engineering. He received his B.Sc. (Hon’s) degree from a government university of Sri Lanka under the disciplines of Mineral and Earth Sciences. According to his research profile he has achieved a series of reputed publications as the journal papers, conference papers, technical reports and abstracts in highly indexed journals, world recognized conferences and technical sessions as a speaker. In addition that he has been awarded as a best young scientist and best young researcher in a few of research competitions held in the year 2022.