Removal of arsenic in groundwater from western Anatolia, Turkey using an electrocoagulation reactor with different types of iron anodes

Mehmet KOBYA | Mustafa DOLAZ

Electrocoagulation (EC) is a significantly efficient method for As removal from waters and received considerable attention recently. In this study, the natural groundwater (GW) samples containing As concentrations of GW-1: 538.8 mu g L-1, GW-2: 1132.1 mu g L-1, and GW-3: 52, 000 mu g L-1 were obtained from different provinces and treated by EC process using different iron anodes (plate, ball, and scrap). To achieve drinking water As standard (10 mu g L-1), the operational time, applied current, and As removal optimization for all anode types were studied. At applied current of 0.025 A, the As ...Более