Appropriate Technology for Water Purification in the Tropic and Subtropic Areas Focusing on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia

Zuzana Loukotová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The work is a literary review, which first provides a general insight into the African country of Zambia, its geography, soil, climate, economy, and political and socio-economic relations. It next focuses on one of its provinces, the Copperbelt, which for decades carried out a large copper mining operation that has left the environment in very poor condition. The overview describes the basic pollution of the environment and those facts are shown in the figures in the form of specially drawn maps by the Czech Geological Survey. This information is presented for a better understanding of the area and the importance of using quality technologies for water purification. In the next section the technologies for cleaning industrial wastewater and subsequent filtration that can positively change the situation are described in detail. For example in Kabwe, which lies close to the Copperbelt Province, a study of people tested for exposure to lead pollution showed concentrations in children five to ten times higher then the United States standard for environmental safety. This high incidence of lead in the body can lead to death (Walsh, 2014). Adverse impacts on the environment, the people's health, and the health of the animals are excessively prevelent.

Keywords

copper, mining, industrial polluted water, contaminated water, heavy metals

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 19. 4. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Ing. Vladimír Krepl, CSc.
• Oponent: Jan Velebil, Ing.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Agricultural Specialization / Agriculture in Tropics and Subtropics