THE PERFORMANCE OF Moringa oleifera SEED POWDER SODIUM CHLORIDE EXTRACT ON NATURAL SURFACE WATER

The aim of this paper is to show the performance of Moringa oleifera sodium chloride extract on high turbidity natural surface water source (pond) water in the arid zone region of North East, Nigeria. Eight samples of collected high turbidity water were subjected to varying doses of a combination of Moringa oleifera seed powder (sodium chloride extract) and the aluminium sulphate (alum). The effluent of the sedimentation tank (into which has been added the raw water and crude sodium chloride Moringa oleifera alum extract) was collected and tested for salinity, temperature, colour, turbidity and pH after a period of settling period of two hours. The results show that Moringa oleifera crude sodium chloride seed powder extract performs as well as alum as a coagulant. However the results reveal that the use of a filter bed is indispensable when the Moringa oleifera active ingredients would be extracted using the sodium chloride (common salt).  High total coliform removal efficiency in the slow sand filter medium was achieved after there were initial runs to “innoculate” the filter medium.