ANALYSIS OF THE COMBINED ADSORPTION-MICROFILTRATION (AMFIL) PROCESS FOR WWTP EFFLUENT TO PROCESS WATER

The seaweed processing industry produces Alkali Treated Cotton Chips (ATCC) requires large amounts of process water used for the washing and soaking processes, where process water is generally obtained from groundwater. On the other hand, wastewater from the production process after being treated in Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and meeting quality standards is discharged into the environment. The effluent of WWTP in large volumes (150 - 200 M3 per day) contains TDS, TSS, turbidity, pH, odor, and organic matter that are relatively small, so it has the potential to be reused as process water. The aims of the research are to investigate the removal of pollutants from the combined adsorption and membrane microfiltration (AMFIL) process on a pilot plant scale from the effluent of WWTP in the seaweed processing industry to process water. The real effluent from the WWTP flows into an adsorption column containing granular activated carbon with varying weights and sizes, then the effluent from the adsorption column flows into a membrane microfiltration with varying weights and sizes membrane.