Effect of various filtration media on grey water

Abstract

The use of domestic grey water for irrigation, gardening, etc. is becoming more useful in the world to cope with the scarcity of water. The present study was carried out on the grey water of Jayaprabha girl’s hostel of DBSKKV, Dapoli. In this study, various chemical and physical properties of grey water were calculated and then which were compared to standard characteristics of irrigation water. Grey water sample filtered through various filtration media which were easily available such as gravel, grit, sand and crushed brick at various depths such as 45cm, 30cm and 15 cm. Then results were analysed for each filtration media with depth of 45 cm, 30 cm and 15 cm for estimation of efficient filtration media and its efficient depth. Thus, study shows that for all filtration media the effective depth of layer was found as 45 cm.