Quality improvement of water from post Tin mining based on a wasted cockle shell

2nd International Conference on Current Progress in Functional Materials 2017

Tiandho, Y.^1

Department of Physics, Universitas Bangka Belitung, Jl. Kampus Peradaban, Bangka

33172, Indonesia^1

关键词: cockle shell;    Environmental damage;    Green mining;    Minimum requirements;    Quality improvement;    Quality of water;    SIMPLE method;    Water clarity;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/496/1/012058/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/496/1/012058

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The high Tin mining activity in the Bangka Belitung Islands caused a considerable amount of environmental damage in the province. One of the most common impacts of contamination is the poor quality of water. Kulong is a former excavation of Tin mines that may be used as a reservoir of water. But most kulong, especially young ones, store acidic water and dispersed-pollutant water so that it does not meet the minimum requirements of good water. In this study, we developed a simple method to improve the quality of water from post Tin mining using wasted cockle shell. The utilisation of wasted cockle shell because of its abundant amount in this province. Based on the results it is known that calcined cockle shell powder is sufficient to increase the pH level of the water and can coagulate the pollutants that contained in it. Through the water clarity level and the number of total dissolved particles in the water after testing, it is known that the cockle shell powders have a significant effect on improving quality water.