Discharge of untreated salon waste water into
the surrounding environment in Ghana remains so probably because of poor
knowledge of Ghanaians about treated waste water and its reuse as well as
ignorance of waste water to ground water pollution. In Ghana, there is little
or no knowledge on waste water treatment technology for salon waste water.
In addition, a greater proportion of Ghanaians have no
knowledge regarding
reusability potentials of treated waste water. Thus, this study assessed the
efficiency of a simple slow sand filtration system integrated with activated
charcoal layer for salon waste water treatment. The study also assessed the
perception of some selected Ghanaians in Cape Coast on reuse of treated salon
waste water.
For sixteen weeks, salon waste water collected
from five different beauty salons in Amamoma was homogenized and treated.
Selected parameters of both influent and effluent were analyzed. The percentage
removals of some selected heavy metals present in the treated waste water
(Effluent) show Copper 32.836 ± 7.013%, Cadmium 59.259 ± 8.006%, Zinc 83.333 ±
6.881%, Iron 38.095 ± 2.002%, Lead 100.000 ± 12.939% and Arsenic 100.000 ±
11.573%.
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