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Evaluación de la eficiencia de remoción de mercurio y plomo en el filtro Ekofil- Plus usado en el tratamiento de agua a nivel familiar
(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Bacca Jordán, Maria Camila; Giraldo Tenorio, Giovanna Andrea; Silva Leal, Jorge Antonio
The limited availability of access to drinking water has led to the exploration of different forms and techniques of water treatment for human consumption, thus ensuring that its use does not create risks, for this reason the company REPLACOL has constructed ceramic filters that contribute to the potabilization on this precious and vital resource. According to the above, this research project was generated which aimed to measure to the effectiveness of EKOFIL PLUS clay filters, in terms of removal of mercury and lead complying with the norm 2115/2007 (MAVDT, 2007). This was done by comparing and analyzing factors influencing water quality from the synthetic mixture of the fluid with these metals. For this, during X days four filters, two Ekofil filters and two Ekofil plus filters were operated, under controlled laboratory conditions, measuring at different intervals pH, conductivity, turbidity, and the two response variables Hg and Pb. The results showed a removal of more than 90% of the filtered effluent in terms of heavy metals and values that oscillate within permissible limits for variables such as pH, conductivity and turbidity; which had a removal percentage of 96%.