Solar pilot-plant results of photo-Fenton process treating water polluted with pesticides in Bolivia

The management of empty pesticide containers (EPC) in Bolivia generates wastewaters polluted with pesticides, which must be properly treated before discharged. In this study, solar photo-Fenton at low Fe2+ doses were tested at pilot plant scale in Cochabamba (Bolivia) for the removal of pesticides dimethoate and atrazine in their commercial form, spiked in river water. The data included are the results of remaining pesticides, Total Organic Carbon and hydrogen peroxide concentration along the treatment for the different experimental conditions tested (from 0 to 1,5 mgL-1 of Fe2+). Data also includes the accumulated energy, in KJs-1, corresponding to the measures of global UV radiation in a range of 0 to 60.8 W m-2 and wavelengths between 290 and 370 nm