Abstract
The study's goal was to find out how well the powdered Boscia Senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir plant works as a natural coagulant to remove turbidity in raw water and improve the quality of drinking water. They did this by testing different amounts of Boscia Senegalensis , leaves BSL , and barks BSB , with a starting turbidity level of 700–600 NTU. The jar tests were done with different amounts of flocculent 40 minutes after treatment (0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 g/l) to get rid of turbidity. The results of BSB powder were (24.74, 88.17, 87.87, 87.48, 88.33, 86.83, 82.00%) and BSL powder (22.91, 59.94, 67.63, 65.86, 64.26, 61.53, 54.33%), respectively. These results showed activity in turbidity removal; the dose of 0.8 g/l was the optimal amount of BSB , achieving 88.33%, and the optimal dose of BSL was 0.4 g/l, reaching 67.63%. Also, other parameters such as pH, alkalinity, and TDS showed a few changes in the pH from 8 to 7.7 in all different doses of BSB and BSL , and alkalinity from 92 to 90 mg/l for the BSB and 86 to 120 mg/l for the BSL . Alkalinity increases with increasing BSL and BSB doses. It was observed through the results that Boscia senegalensis has efficiency in removing turbidity. Still, BSB results were much better than BSL , which agrees with the previous study.