Soil Adsorption of Heavy Metals to Protect Groundwater Near Refinery Wastewater Discharge Points
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Abstract
This study presents a strategy to manage the discharge of wastewater, which is either partially treated or untreated, to safeguard the groundwater reserves in the region.A case study involving Ad Diwaniyah refinery wastewater disposal into an adjacent desert was utilized to evaluate the influence of soil adsorption on the attenuation of Pb, Cu, and Cd ion concentrations.Investigation of competitive adsorption of heavy metal ions (Pb 2+ , Cu 2+ , and Cd 2+ ) in Dolomite-Limestone soil was conducted through batch and column methods.The adsorption behavior of the bivalent metal cations was observed to be pHdependent.However, the competitive extraction of the three heavy metals exhibited low sensitivity to pH variations.Isotherms for Pb, Cu, and Cd ions on Dolomitic Limestone soil were determined and found to align satisfactorily with both Freundlich and Langmuir models.Competitive adsorption was recognized as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly method for the elimination of toxic heavy metals from wastewater, even at minimal concentrations.The column test method revealed the adsorption capacity of Dolomite-Limestone soil to be (Pb: 1.5, Cu: 1.18, Cd: 0.9) mg/g.The affinity of the metal ions to the Dolomite-Limestone soil was ordered as Pb ˃ Cu ˃ Cd.Breakthrough curves of the heavy metals, obtained from soil column tests, were used to estimate the retention time for the Dolomitic Limestone to reach saturation.The findings suggest a wastewater management strategy that involves changing the discharge point every 17 months to a new location 90 m from the previous discharge point.This paper offers a feasible solution for managing wastewater discharge and protecting groundwater reserves, especially in areas with heavy metal contamination.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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