Evaluating the Usage of Sand Filtration for Greywater Treatment | ||
| The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 April 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eijest.2025.367049.1326 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed H Hegazy* 1; Tarek Ismail Sabry2; Hossam Hussein Moustafa3; Mohamed Khaled Hassane4 | ||
| 1Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams, University | ||
| 4Faculty of Engineering , The British University in Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The gap between water availability and demand is expanding worldwide over time. In Egypt, the water shortage has surpassed 40%, prompting the search for alternative sources to cover this deficit. Promoting sustainable water reuse and the reduction of the environmental impact of wastewater treatment are the main goals of finding a clean technology for greywater treatment. Evaluation process of a wastewater treatment system by conducting a physical pilot plant testing since performance under actual operating conditions needs to be evaluated; hence, optimization of the process can be made before full-scale implementation. Sand filtration process were applied to treat the collected wastewater from the university buildings and student dorms at the British university in Egypt. A depth filtration pilot plant of 110 litres was used with a fixed water head 80 cms. Experiments were conducted using the different filtrate flux rate and depths of sand filter media.. The optimum removal efficiency was achieved for a filtrate flux rate of 555 lit/m²/hrs and sand depth of 80 cms; values recorded were 78.65 and 80.03 % removal for chemical oxygen demand COD and total suspended solids TSS respectively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| water Reuse; Greywater treatment; Filtration; Flux rate | ||
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