Assessing the Potential of Locally Sourced Minerals in Enugu State for the Synthesis of Zeolites for Water Pollution Control.

Abstract

This study examined whether minerals found in Enugu State could serve as low-cost, locally sourced materials for making zeolites — a type of adsorbent used to treat water. This matters because the state faces serious water pollution from acid mine drainage (from abandoned coal mines), industrial waste, and unregulated dumping, but remediation efforts have been limited by the high cost of imported adsorbents.