Project:
Determination of contaminants in water and development of alternative, economical and sustainable systems for the remediation of contaminated water.
Linked Goals:
Evaluate the quality of drinking water, by determining physicochemical parameters (pH, salinity, hardness, conductivity, color, others) and possible contaminants (chromium, arsenic, detergents, nitrites, nitrates, phosphate, others).
Evaluate the possibility of using different low-cost and easily accessible materials discarded by the agri-food industry for the elimination of different contaminants present in groundwater.
General description:
Water is one of the most valuable natural resources, due to its biological, social and economic importance. That is why its conservation and protection play a fundamental role for our and future generations. On the other hand, population growth and anthropogenic activity, combined with the development of economic activities, poor waste disposal and/or treatment practices, consumer policies and lack of regulations in the aforementioned tasks, cause changes in the environment, within of which is water deterioration. Due to their multiple and varied uses, metals are often found in soils, effluents and water courses, contaminating them. In the same way, countless chemical compounds in everyday use. The determination of its presence in water and its subsequent elimination is therefore of vital importance. For this last step, biosorption is a methodology that allows the elimination of contaminants present in water, using dead or inorganic biomasses, sorbents that, due to their structural characteristics, have a high degree of capture of organic substances and/or toxic metal ions present. in aqueous solutions.
Determinations that are made:
– Presence and quantification of different compounds in water: chromium (III, VI and total), arsenic (III, V and total), iron, phosphate, anionic detergents, others.
– Evaluation of physicochemical parameters of drinking water: pH, hardness, salinity, chlorine, free chlorine, nitrites, nitrates, others.
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Director: Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Members: Florence Mangiameli, Mayra Hernandez, Lina Gribaudo, Ana Buttice, Sofia Romero and Maria Ines Frascaroli.
Spaces/Institutions/Academic Units: Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UNR)
Contact
juancgonzalez43@gmail.com