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Shreyas B V, Dr.Sridhara S.

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Water is the basis of all life. But, the quality of drinking water has been deteriorated due to various anthropogenic activities. There is a need for an efficient and eco-friendly water treatment method as the conventional methods are inconsistent and release excess of waste water. Polystyrene, a synthetic resin can be used as a packed media filter to purify water by ion-exchange method. The ion-exchange process using synthetic resin is the most effective method for the removal of selective ions from water. This method is widely used for the removal of nitrates, fluorides, iron and hardness of water. Treatability studies will be conducted by filling the column with polystyrene beads as a packed media. In this research water quality assessment of both the sample water and the purified water will be done on a daily basis to check if the water quality standards will be achieved. Also, Media exhaustion studies will be conducted which determines the durability of the filter material for effective purification of water. Along with the life span of the material, observations will be made for degradation of filter material and release of any by-products such as styrene into purified water in the long run. Based on the results, Polystyrene beads will be used to develop a home-based water purification unit.

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