ANALYSIS OF BATCH ELECTROCOAGULATION OF NATIONAL PARK AND PALM OIL PLANTATION PEAT WATER IN SOUTHERN SARAWAK

NOORANISHA BINTI BAHARUDIN, - (2022) ANALYSIS OF BATCH ELECTROCOAGULATION OF NATIONAL PARK AND PALM OIL PLANTATION PEAT WATER IN SOUTHERN SARAWAK. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Domestic water is the most fundamental necessity required for living. However, not all people are privileged to have access to clean water every day especially those who live in rural areas or estates and plantation areas. In the plantation area of rural Sarawak, the local community in the area relies on water from various sources for their daily usage such as rainwater, peat water, and river water. However, water obtained from these sources has questionable qualities especially nearby the palm oil plantation areas. The water might be contaminated with pesticides or the heavy metals that are present in the pesticides used in the plantation. Therefore, the innovation of this electrocoagulation treatment system is needed to be implemented especially in the rural plantation areas of Sarawak. The electrocoagulation treatment system is used to treat the peat water so that it can be consumed by the locals as their domestic water for daily life consumption. Several parameters are studied in this research including turbidity, colour, pH, total suspended solids (TSS), and total dissolved solids (TDS). Other than that, the flocs composition analysis, and heavy metal removal efficiency were also studied in this research. Kinetic and statistical models are developed for the electrocoagulation treatment system. Lastly, an economic analysis is performed to evaluate the cost of the electrocoagulation treatment system to ensure it is affordable and low-cost to be implemented in the rural plantation area.

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