Author(s)

Mamadou Faye^1,2, Falilou Mbacké Sambe^1,2, Modou Dieng^2,3, Alpha Ousmane Touré^1,2, Matar Faye^2,3, Codou Guèye Mar Diop^1,2

¹Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Membrane Processes (LEMP), Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP), Dakar-Fann, Senegal.
²Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Dakar-Fann, Senegal.
³Microbiology Laboratory of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Biology (ESP), Dakar-Fann, Senegal.

In the present work, the treatment of synthetic waters doped with iron (II) has been studied. The treatment mechanism used in this study is the biological oxidation which consists, in test tubes, of bringing bacteria isolated on Petri dishes into contact with water containing divalent iron (II). These de-ironing bacteria (non-specific bacteria) are used to carry out laboratory biological oxidation experiments on iron (II) under different pH conditions (pH = 3.4 - 3.6, pH = 7.3 - 7.5 and pH = 9.8 - 10) and variable concentration of iron (II). Biological treatment trials included different concentrations of iron during time intervals of a day. Examination of the elimination kinetics of Iron (II) indicates a removal rate of 59.453% for an initial iron concentration in the synthetic solution of 1 mg·L⁻¹ at basic pH (pH = 9.8 - 10). Therefore, the degradation of divalent iron by this method seems to be quite effective, but it should be noted that biological nitrification is impaired by the presence of high iron concentrations above 5 mg·L⁻¹.

Biodegradation, Bacteria, Washing Mud, Iron, Kinetics, Efficiency

Faye, M. , Sambe, F. , Dieng, M. , Touré, A. , Faye, M. and Diop, C. (2019) Isolation of Iron Bacteria from Washing Sludge Filters Kolda (Senegal) Water Treatment Station and Study of the Kinetics of Biological Degradation of the Iron (II). Open Journal of Metal, 9, 19-32. doi: 10.4236/ojmetal.2019.93003.