Effect of Zeolite and Activated Carbon Thickness Variation as Adsorbent Media in Reducing Phenol and Manganese Levels in Wastewater of Non-Destructive Testing Unit
			
	
 
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				Environmental Sanitation Department, Bandung Health Polytechnic,  Bandung, 40171, Indonesia
				 
			 
						
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				Center of Excellence on Utilization of Local Material for Health Improvement, Bandung Health Polytechnic, 40171,Bandung
				 
			 
						
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				Department of Environmental Health, Bandung Health Polytechnic, North Cimahi, 40514, Indonesia
				 
			 
						
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				Geography Department, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman City, Sudan
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
							
					    		
    			 
    			
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    					Elanda  Fikri   
    					Environmental Sanitation Department, Bandung Health Polytechnic, Bandung, Indonesia, 40171
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
																																 
		
	 
		
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2022; 23(8):40-48
		
 
 
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The production wastewater contains phenol from the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) unit because it uses solvents; meanwhile, the manganese originates from the metal material washing process. On the basis of  laboratory test results, the wastewater originating from the NDT unit of Y Industry, resulted in a phenol level of 2.33 mg/L, exceeding the quality standard of 0.5 mg/L and manganese level of 14.13 mg/L that exceeded the quality standard of 2 mg/L, based on the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment Number 5 of 2014 concerning Wastewater Quality Standards. This research used the pretest-posttest experimental research design without control. The sample in this study was wastewater from the NDT unit of the Y Industry. The average phenol level after passing through the adsorbent media at a thickness of 40 cm, 60 cm, and 80 cm resulted in 0.99 mg/L with 63% reduction, 0.60 mg/L with 77% reduction, and 0,28 mg/L with 89% reduction, respectively. The average manganese level after passing through the adsorbent media at a thickness of 40 cm, 60 cm, and 80 cm resulted in 0.10 mg/L with 61% reduction, 0.06 mg/L with 76% reduction, and 0,05 mg/L with 80% reduction, respectively. The most effective thickness variation in reducing the phenol and manganese levels of NDT wastewater is 80 cm thickness.