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Disinfection Technologies for Household Greywater

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Management of Greywater in Developing Countries

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The treatment technologies for greywater are followed by the disinfection processes in order to achieve safe disposal into the environment. The disinfection technologies aim at reducing or minimising the concentrations of the pathogenic microorganism of greywater which have a high potential risk for humans and plants, and, thus, provide safe and aesthetically acceptable greywater that is appropriate for the purpose of irrigation. The disinfection processes include chemical (chlorination and ozonation), physical or mechanical (filtration process) and radiation disinfection (UV irradiation, solar disinfection (SODIS)). The degree of the disinfection process proposed must take into account the type of reuse and the risk of exposure to the population. In this chapter, the disinfection techniques of greywater are reviewed and discussed based on their efficiency to eliminate the pathogenic bacteria and other toxic by-products. The objective of this chapter was to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of disinfection processes. Among the several disinfectant technologies for greywater, SODIS appears to be the most potent technology which is widely applicable in most of the developing countries experiencing arid and semi-arid atmospheric conditions due to the high density of sunlight which is more effective for inactivating pathogenic microorganisms.

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The authors wish to thank the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) for supporting this research under FRGS vot 1574 and also the Research Management Centre (RMC) UTHM for providing grant IGSP U682 for this research.

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  1. Micro-Pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 86400, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

    Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi, Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed & Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim

  2. Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia

    Efaq Ali Noman

  3. Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty Applied Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen

    Efaq Ali Noman

  4. Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 84000, KM11, Jalan Panchor, Pagoh Muar, Johor, Malaysia

    Balkis A. Talip

  5. Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 11800, George Town, Penang, Malaysia

    Norli Ismail

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Al-Gheethi, A.A.S., Noman, E.A., Radin Mohamed, R.M.S., Talip, B.A., Mohd Kassim, A.H., Ismail, N. (2019). Disinfection Technologies for Household Greywater. In: Radin Mohamed, R., Al-Gheethi, A., Mohd Kassim, A. (eds) Management of Greywater in Developing Countries. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90269-2_10

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