The Use of Pineapple Leaf Fibers in the Removal of Total Suspended Solids on Sample River Water

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Water is one of the precious natural resources present on Earth. Due to various human activities, some water became polluted that no one can use it anymore and to the point that it can also harm human's health. Normally, polluted water contains Total Suspended Solids that can cause disease to marine life, can be the cause of their death and can cause to their extinction. Total Suspended Solid include anything drifting or floating in the water, from sediment, microplastics, silt, and sand to plankton and algae. Since pineapple leaf fibers can filter arsenic, the researchers thought that it can also filter Total Suspended Solids and decided to create a device that can filter it.

METHODS

The organic filtering device was constructed following an approved design with 100g of Pineapple leaf fibers as the main subject for filtering Total Suspended Solids. It was tested for functionality and efficiency by measuring and noting down the amount of Total Suspended Solids in the sample liquid before and after filtration using the device. The researchers tried to find out whether there exists a significant difference in the amount of Total Suspended Solids before and after filtration.

RESULTS

Results reveal that before filtration, the amount of total suspended solids in a 200 ml water sample is 25.7 grams. On the other hand, the amount of total suspended solids after filtration is 5.1 grams. This results in a difference of 20.6 grams before and after filtration.

DISCUSSIONS

Results show that there is an 80.16% percent reduction in the amount of total suspended solids in the water sample. This means that the water filter used is effective in filtering total suspended solids in water samples.