Environmental Systems Research

Table 4 Physicochemical characteristics of Filtrates of CWF materials

From: Evaluation of the adsorption behavior and divalent metal ions removal efficiency of ceramic point-of-use water filter materials

Parameter	Filtrates of CWFs			WHO standard
Parameter	PFcs	BF with AC	CF
E.C. (µS/cm)	192.1 ± 2.51	437.0 ± 2.70	421.0 ± 3.61	1000
pH	7.36 ± 0.10	7.54 ± 0.075	7.65 ± 0.10	6.5–8.5
Total Hardness (mg/l)	29.0 ± 1.61	27.0 ± 1.73	36.0 ± 1.73	300
Fe (mg/l)	3.33 ± 0.058	1.70 ± 0.040	0.19 ± 0.040	0.3
Mn (mg/l)	0.911 ± 0.001	0.795 ± 0.001	0.025 ± 0.001	0.4

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