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Dear WATTA

I am no water quality expert so not sure if the below solution would be helpful or not. However we are passing this on to someone who will provide a more comprehensive answer.

https://practicalaction.org/a-small-scale-arsenic-and-iron-removal-plant

Erik

Dear WATTA

I am no water quality expert so not sure if the below solution would be helpful or not. However we are passing this on to someone who will provide a more comprehensive answer.

https://practicalaction.org/a-small-scale-arsenic-and-iron-removal-plant

There is also this work done at Cranfield University and there are a number of these in operation in Uganda as indicated by the link below.

www.lboro.ac.uk/garnet/Summary%20Paper.pdf

I was talking to a colleague about this and he has indicated that it it is very important to verify what the source of the iron actually is. What is the source of your water? If it is groundwater, how is your borehole cased, what materials are in use for your rising main etc. There is some evidence from Uganda that where the water is slightly acidic and where the casing or rising mains are galvanised iron, these are corroding and causing iron contamination and that the original groundwater is not contaminated at all.

Erik

Dear WATTA

I am no water quality expert so not sure if the below solution would be helpful or not. However we We are passing this on to someone who will provide a more comprehensive answer. answer but in the meantime there are the following documents which you may find useful.

https://practicalaction.org/a-small-scale-arsenic-and-iron-removal-plant

There is also this work done at Cranfield University and there are a number of these in operation in Uganda as indicated by the link below.

www.lboro.ac.uk/garnet/Summary%20Paper.pdf

I was talking to a colleague about this and he has indicated that it it is very important to verify what the source of the iron actually is. What is the source of your water? If it is groundwater, how is your borehole cased, what materials are in use for your rising main etc. There is some evidence from Uganda that where the water is slightly acidic and where the casing or rising mains are galvanised iron, these are corroding and causing iron contamination and that the original groundwater is not contaminated at all.

Erik