Heavy metal removal from highly

turbid river water with bank

filtration
Juan Pablo Gutirrez Marn
Doris van Halem
Louis Cornelis Rietveld

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Outline
Background
Field survey in Colombia:
Objectives - Turbidity Formation
Methodology
Results
Laboratory experiments in Delft:
Adsorption Experiments
River bank filtration simulation

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Background (Cauca River basin)

Soil Loss

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Mining

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Dagua River, Valle, Colombia

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Case: Cali city, Colombia

WTP Rio
Cali
20%

WTP
Pto. Mallarino
Ro Cauca
75%

WTP La
Reforma
4%

PTAP La
Riverita
1%

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Case: Cali city, Colombia

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Lili
River

23 Ton/d BOD
Cauca
Department

Expansion
zone
Navarro
Leachate

Melendez
River

South Canal CVC

Summer:
14 Ton/d BOD
Winter: 125 ton/d BOD

Caaveralejo
Monitoring 2006/ Monitoring 2005
WwTP
Inlet for
Location of future
Water Supply
WwTP

Monitoring 2006

Discharge point from

South Canal

CALI

Cauca River

Juanchito
station

Cauca River

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Cauca River, Colombia, year 2007

Turbidity in drinking water intake, Cauca River, Colombia (2007 2009)

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Cauca River

Tributaries

Hormiguero

Before South
Channel

Before Pto
Mallarino Intake

<34,90

37,2

188

275

Aver

82,99

113,38

Min

2,31

1,43

Hg (g/l) Max

6,81

4,36

Aver

3,66

2,6

Min

<0,001

<0,001

Max

0,014

0,03

Aver

0,006

0,01

Min

<0,010

<0,001

Cr+6 (mg/L) Max

0,343

0,023

Aver

0,101

0,006

Min

<0,030

<0,03

Cu (mg/L) Max

0,128

<0,03

Aver

0,057

<0,03

34,9
47,2
42,88
0,67
4,7
2,19
0
0,03
0,01
<0,01
<0,01
<0,01
<0,03
<0,03
<0,03

Parameter

Min
Pb (g/l) Max

Cyanides
(mg/L)

South Channel

Decree
1594/1984

<34,90
156

<50

55,56
1,5
11,6

<2

5,48
<0,001
0,014

<0,2

0,006
0,01
0,24

<0,05

0,08
<0,03
8,34

<1,0

1,07

Source: EMCALI and Universidad del Valle,

2006
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SIRENOMELIA

CYCLOPIA

Source: Castilla et al., 2008

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Objectives Turbidity Formation

The general goal is to determine the turbidity formations
from two potential Colombian surface waters for RBF. The
specific objectives are to:
Characterize the inorganic/organic content.
Determine the size particles for erosion-borne turbidity in
each source.

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Methodology

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Methodology
(a)

P1, middle

1m

Palo River

(b)

P1, 20% depth

> 1m
P2, 80% depth

Cauca River

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Methodology

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Results
Turbidity

EC

TSS

Fe

Turbidity (a), TSS (b), electrical conductivity (c), total iron (d) temporal distribution for Cauca River and Palo River
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Results
P1 - Cauca River

Turbidity

TS

Fe

COD

TSS

TDS

Flow

TOC

Chl_a

Coliform
s

True
Color

0.90

0.48

0.59

0.95

-0.19

0.89

0.78

0.10

0.25

0.26

0.47

0.64

0.98

0.14

0.86

0.62

0.09

0.05

0.06

0.32

0.42

0.24

0.37

0.39

-0.25

-0.16

-0.13

0.69

-0.22

0.70

0.64

0.07

0.05

-0.22

-0.08

0.93

0.72

0.13

0.07

0.15

Turbidity
TS

Fe
COD

TSS

TDS

-0.30

-0.49

-0.18

-0.11

-0.39

Flow

0.82

0.03

0.06

0.25

TOC

-0.02

0.50

0.15

Chl_a

-0.07

-0.31

Coliform

s
True

Color

0.04

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P1 - Cauca River

Results

Turbidity = 50.7 + 24.6 Fe + 0.738 TSS - 0.637 TDS - 0.435 Flow + 1.03 TO
Predictor

Constant

0.576

Fe

0.132

TSS

0.047

TDS

0.215

Flow

0.473

TOC

0.737

Turbidity = 27.2 + 0.644 TSS

Predictor

Constant

0.001

TSS

0.000
R-Sq = 90.2%
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Results
P3 - Palo River
Turbidit
y

TS

Fe

COD

-0.21
-0.20

Turbidity
TS

0.98
1

0.85
0.75

Fe

TSS

Coliform True
s
Color

TDS

Flow

Chl_a

0.70
0.79

-0.08
-0.08

-0.16
0.03

0.16
0.12

0.46

-0.07

-0.54

0.33

-0.11

0.19

0.01

0.71

0.81
0.52
1

-0.07
-0.14
0.10
1

0.06
-0.15
0.37
0.03

0.08
0.41
0.03
0.23

COD

TSS
TDS
Flow
Chl_a
Coliform
s
True
Color

0.97 0.84
0.99 0.83
0.7325
-0.15
0.73
8
1
0.2401 0.04
7

1
0.78

-0.45

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P3 - Palo River

Results
Turbidity = - 160 + 48.9 Fe + 0.905 TSS + 0.671 TDS - 3.18 Flow
Predictor

Constant

0.075

Fe

0.008

TSS

0.000

TDS

0.167

Flow

0.078

Turbidity = - 97.6 + 54.9 Fe + 0.985 TSS - 3.65 Flow

Predictor

Constant

0.204

Fe

0.004

TSS

0.000

Flow

0.0757
R-Sq = 98.7%
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Results

Cauca River

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Cauca River

Palo River

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Objectives Adsorption
Experiments
The general goal is to determine the adsorption capacity of
lead and mercury on the sediments transported by Cauca
River to evaluate potential heavy metals removal by using
RBF systems in Cauca River. The specific objectives are to:
Quantify Hg and Pb equilibrium adsorption in sediments
having different properties
Determine the effect of organic content on mercury and
lead adsorption capacity

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Adsorbant
Type

Silt

Silt
+
Organic
Matter

MICROSIL M4 d50=50m

94% MICROSIL M4
+
6% Elliott Soil Humic Acid Standard

80% MICROSIL M4
+
5% Elliott Soil Humic Acid Standard
+
15% IMERYS MICA MU M2/1 (Positively charged) d 50=5m

Silt
+
Organic
Matter
+
Clay

80% MICROSIL M4
+
5% Elliott Soil Humic Acid Standard
+
15% IMERYS Speswhite (Neutral) d50=0,7m
80% MICROSIL M4
+
5% Elliott Soil Humic Acid Standard
+
15% IMERYS Polwhite B (Negatively charged) d50=2m

Adsorbate
Mass (g)
0,01
0,1
1
2
3
5
0,01
0,1
1
2
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0,1
1
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Demi water +
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Demi water + Buffers

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Objectives Riverbank filtration

simulation
The general goal is to determine the fate and transport
behaviour of sediments through the porous media under
different conditions of turbidity-sediments load. The
specific objectives are to:
Determine the clogging behaviour through the porous
media under inorganic organic sediments.
Determine Hg and Pb capacity removal under inorganic
organic sediments.
Estimate the values of transport parameters as a function
of turbidity conditions.

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Dank u wel

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