Agriculture Use
Agricultural wastewaters and their contaminants include the following
- Olive Mill Wastewater (Total solids and organic content)
- Swine Wastewater (contaminated with OxyTetracycline, organic content)
- Water contaminated with Herbicides
- (2-MethylChloroPhenoxyAcetic Acid)
Usefulness of Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) in the treatment of Agricultural Wastewater
- Wastewaters can be treated using ECA® as the bed substrate and planted with Phragmites australi.
- Swine wastewater and Olive mill wastewater that contains Oxytetracycline, total suspended solids and high organic content, can be removed by this process (planted Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) bed) with efficiency higher than 80%.
- Water contaminated with Herbicide (2-MethylChloroPhenoxyAcetic Acid), study has showed that Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) has high absorption ability for the herbicide (2-MethylChloroPhenoxyAcetic Acid), so the removal efficiency is about 56-97%.
Physical Properties:
It’s dependable and consistent
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) is chemically and physically inert
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) has great hydraulic conductivity which allows fast and free drainage/binding of pollutants such as phosphorus.
- It has an increased surface area
- Due to its ceramic properties, it reduces material degradation
- Reduced handling costs
Perfomance Properties:
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) has a lower maintenance cost and it’s economical
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) is readily available and easy to use in treatment of waste water, sewage and industrial effluents.
- It has a predictable performance and longevity
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) employs ion exchange for an effective treatment process
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) removes solid material that can bring about clogging
- Effective reduction or removal of arsenic, phosphorus, metals, oil, grease and poisonous hydrocarbons.
- Expanded Clay Aggregate (ECA®) combines effluent filtration and nutrients removal for cleaner discharge.
- It has a greater surface area which makes filtration of pollutants effective.
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