Pengolahan Air Payau Menjadi Air Bersih dengan Kombinasi Metode Desalinasi Menggunakan Tanaman Mangrove Dan Elektrokoagulasi

Abstract

Human activities increase from time to time in accordance with the needs of life. This causes a surge in the need for clean water while reducing the quality of clean water. This condition has led to the development of water treatment from various sources. One of the abundant and unusable water sources is brackish water. Brackish water has a high salt content or salinity of more than 0.5 ppt. Thus, in order to be utilized as clean water, processing is required. The methods used are desalination and electrocoagulation. Desalination is a water treatment method to reduce salt content and various minerals. In this study, the desalination method used was desalination using mangrove plants (Avicennia alba) and combined with the electrocoagulation method using stainless steel electrodes. From the results of the study it can be concluded that the combination of desalination methods using mangrove plants (Avicennia alba) and electrocoagulation using stainless steel electrodes can reduce TDS, turbidity, pH and salinity parameters. Keywords: Brackish water, desalination, electrocoagulation