The Use of Activated Carbon from Olive Oil Mill Residue, for the Removal of Colour from Textile Wastewater

Many human-made organic chemical compounds are currently possible to be detected in drinking water sources, hence, they are of increasing interest, because of their potential toxicity, carcinogenicity and mutagenicity effects. Among them, dyes from textile processing wastewater can enter in drinking water supplies. In this study, biologically treated textile wastewater, treated by activated carbon made from solved extracted olive pulp residue and olive wooden stone. Since these are waste materials, their use in the synthesis of activated carbon production process will reduce solid waste pollution. The results show that the COD of textile wastewater reduced for about 74%, as well as the TOC removal efficiency was 72%. Additional a maximum 84% remove of color was achieved by using 800 mg/L powder activated carbon dosage. These activated carbons were proved to be efficient adsorbents for the removal of water pollutants and contaminants