10.18453/rosdok_id00004293 Mekonnen, Dereje Tadesse Dereje Tadesse Mekonnen http://d-nb.info/gnd/1289641641 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-409X Universität Rostock 2022 620 Engineering & allied operations 660 Chemical engineering 2022 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004293 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004293-5 Using low-cost and locally available raw materials to remove phosphate (P) from sewage and industrial effluent instead of employing high-cost techniques are one of the viable solutions to prevent aquatic life from excess P. Therefore, this research aimed to study the applicability of low-cost carbon-based (i.e., leftover coal materials) and rock adsorbents (volcanic rocks, i.e., pumice-VP um and scoria-VSco) for the removal of P from artificial wastewater in batch and column experiments.