Author(s)

Saïdou N. Diop^1*, Mohamad M. Dieme¹, Mouhamadou A. Diallo², Courfia K. Diawara¹

¹UFR Sciences & Technologies, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Senegal.
²Faculté des Sciences Technique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.

Fluoride excess in drinking water is noticed in many countries around the world and particularly in Senegal where, in addition to fluoride excess, high levels of salinity are also encountered. In order to reduce fluoride excess in drinking water in the groundnut basin of Senegal, two types of clays namely montmorillonite KSF and montmorillonite K10 as well were used as adsorbent materials. The results show that the pH which was initially alkaline becomes acidic varying from 2.80 to 6.80. The pseudo first-order kinetic model fit well with the adsorption experiments for KSF montmorillonite (r² = 0.96), while for K10 clay the same model describe the experiments with slight differences (r² = 0.90). The KSF clay has a better fluoride adsorption capacity compared to that obtained with K10 clay due to the presence of a great level of calcium oxide in the montmorilonite KSF clay.

Fluoride, Brackish Water, Montmorillonite KSF, Montmorillonite K10

Diop, S. , Dieme, M. , Diallo, M. and Diawara, C. (2022) Fluoride Excess Removal from Brackish Drinking Water in Senegal by Using KSF and K10 Montmorillonite Clays. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 14, 21-34. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2022.141002.