ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS OF SOME TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF SULFUR SPRINGS WATER

Abstract

The study aim to treating the sulfur water by using the Magnetic technique and Nanotechnology by studying the physical and chemical characteristics before and after the treatment of the sulfuric water. It was concluded that the physical characteristics were changed in both techniques, as the water color changed from yellow to transparent and their bad smell converted to odorless. Where after treatment by Magnetic technique some chemical properties changed as; the (PH) value changed varyingly from (6, 6.5, 9) to (7.1, 7.4, 8.4) after treatment. The (Ec) decreased from (1721, 1414 , 871 ppm) to (17, 15.8 , 9 ppm) after treatment, and the values of Total Dissolved Solids (T.D.S) increased from (3.5×103, 2.8×103, 1.7×103 ppm) to (3.8x103, 3.1×103 , 1.8×103 ppm) after treatment due to the effectiveness of the treatment in increasing the solubility of water contents, and the values of sulfate (SO4-2) decreased from (1392, 945 , 947 ppm) to (144, 101, 33 ppm) after treatment due to its decomposition into hydrogen sulfide gas and its volatilization in the atmosphere, which caused the emission of an unpleasant odor in the laboratory , these results are clear as in the Tables (1,2). And the nanotechnology treatment of Coal powder by laboratory tests showed in the chemical properties where the (PH) value changed unevenly (6, 6.5, 9) to (7.3, 7.5, 8) after treatment, while the (Ec), which increased from (1721, 1414, 871 ppm) to (1755, 1427, 901 ppm) after treatment, and (T.D.S) showed a significant increase from (3.5×103, 2.8×103, 1.7×103ppm) to ( 3.7×103, 3.0×103, 1.8×103 ppm) after treatment, while the values of sulfate (SO4-2) decreased greatly from (1392, 945, 947 ppm) to (525, 410, 150 ppm) after treatment, as in Tables (1,3). And the Nanotechnology treatment with the powder of sugarcane plant , the (PH) values showed a varying change from (6, 6.5,9) to (7, 7.1 , 7.4) after treatment, and the (Ec) from (1721, 1414 , 871 ppm ) to (1727, 1426 and 880 ppm) after treatment, while the (T.D.S) showed a slight increase from (3.5×1032.8×103 , 1.7×103 ppm) to (3.5×103, 2.9x103 , 1.8×3 ppm) after treatment ,the values of sulfate (SO4-2) decreased from (1392, 945 , 947 ppm) to (1200, 756 , 211 ppm) after treatment as in Tables (1,4). We concluded from the research the necessity of conducting treatments for sulfuric water by using Magnetic technology, because the flows of treated water towards the river contributes to the enrichment of surface water, also investment of treated water in some uses, especially in agricultural irrigation.