Modified soak pit system for septic tank effluent treatment in a laboratory scale

Abstract

The appearance of coliforms in drinkable water is viewed as a public health issue because of their identification related to either faecal contamination or exogenous contamination with enteric and other important microbial diseases. Housing densities have risen in tandem with worldwide population expansion. As a result, the size of plots available for construction of housing units turned very small. The majority of this housing is underserved by sewage systems; this garbage will mix with surface-water run-off, contaminating it and causing it to discharge into fresh water channels. A fresh and novel innovation is the silver impregnated sand filter for septic tank effluent treatment. In this research, a comparative study between various gradation of sand and impregnated sand has been done. The effect of various silver dosages is evaluated. Analysis of silver leakage is analyzed. Influent (synthetic septic tank effluent) is characterized at constant flow rate.