Abstract

COHAILA, Marcial Alfredo Castillo. Review on water clarification and the use of moringa seeds, Moringa oleifera Lam. Rev. Soc. cient. Parag. [online]. 2023, vol.28, n.1, pp.169-189. ISSN 2617-4731.  https://doi.org/10.32480/rscp.2023.28.1.169.

Abstract: Water clarification is an important part of the water treatment process, which is basically carried out using inorganic substances, although the use of organic substances is also possible. The seeds obtained from the pods produced by the tree known as moringa, have, among its many reported benefits, their use for water clarification. The objective of this review is to disseminate the work carried out on water treatment and the application of moringa seeds, Moringa oleifera Lam., in water clarification as a primary treatment for the removal of fine suspended solids. For this, a bibliographic review of research published in journals indexed in Latindesk, Scielo, Scientific Research, Redalyc databases and academic repositories published especially in Spanish and some in English and Portuguese was carried out. As a result, traditional methods of water purification and natural treatments are cited, among which the use of moringa seeds stands out, having carried out studies in different parts of the world, which show the potential of these seeds for the treatment of the water, with the advantage of not leaving toxic residues in the treated water, compared to aluminum sulfate, which is the chemical compound that is generally used as a coagulating agent in the purification of water.

Keywords : water clarification; moringa seed; water treatment; turbidity.

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