Research Article
Assessing the Adsorptive and Photodegradative Efficiencies of ZSM-11 Synthesized from Rice Husk Ash
Table 1
Physicochemical parameters of water samples taken from some communities within the Cape Coast metropolis in the central region of Ghana.
| Parameters | Units | Abura | Kwaprow | Apewosika | Amamoma | Ebubonko | Amoyaw | GSA values | WHO values |
| pH @ 25°C | | 6.8 | 6.98 | 5.31 | 5.96 | 5.98 | 6.23 | | | Turbidity | NTU | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5 or less | 50 or less | Total dissolved solids | NTU | 151 | 253 | 230 | 270 | 220 | 240 | 1000 | 300 or less | Total hardness | mgL−1 | 173 | 150 | 130 | 120 | 118 | 74 | 500 | | Conductivity | µS·cm−1 | 570 | 590 | 853 | 748 | 1044 | 875 | 2500 | 2500 | Nitrate content | mgL−1 | 23.7 | 50.5 | 54.4 | 55.7 | 28.3 | 126 | 45–50 | 50 | Phosphate content | mgL−1 | 0.69 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 1.03 | 0.64 | 0.005–0.05 | 0.005–0.05 | Chlorides as Cl− | mgL−1 | 195 | 96 | 0 | 100 | 89 | 87 | 250 | <0.01 | Sulfate as SO42− | mgL−1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0–0.01 |
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