Feasibilities Studies on the Disinfection of Water Using Natural Disinfectants (Polymers)

Water pollution caused by faecal contamination is a serious problem due to the potential for contracting diseases from pathogens (disease causing organisms). Many chemical substances are used as disinfectants to treat the water. These substances may produce a number of by products which have been reported to cause carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects. Thus, some alternate cost effective method is pre-requisite to eliminate the bacterial population. Many plants possess antimicrobial activities and are used for the treatment of different diseases. The use of plants as source of remedies for the treatment of many diseases dated back to pre-history and people of all continents have this old tradition. The plants under study were Acacia nilotica and Tamarindus indica, the different plant like the leaves and the seeds were used for the treatment against the coliforms group of organisms. The natural disinfectants used in this study are suitable for the water disinfection used in this study are suitable for water disinfection.