Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas
Wetlands are important spawning and nursery ground for fish and prawns. However, wetlands have been reported to be polluted in different parts of the world. One of the pollution sources is domestic wastewater. Therefore, in this study, domestic wastewater quality was studied at three major housing a...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
2012-01-01
|
| Series: | Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.ijee.net/Journal/ijee/vol3/no2/5.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797230647413047296 |
|---|---|
| author | T.Y Ling M.J. Dana S. Bostam L. Nyanti |
| author_facet | T.Y Ling M.J. Dana S. Bostam L. Nyanti |
| author_sort | T.Y Ling |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Wetlands are important spawning and nursery ground for fish and prawns. However, wetlands have been reported to be polluted in different parts of the world. One of the pollution sources is domestic wastewater. Therefore, in this study, domestic wastewater quality was studied at three major housing areas. Samplings were conducted in three trips. Results showed that pH ranged from 6.64 to 7.31 and temperature ranged from 23.5 to 31.7 oC. DO values were low, that is, below 3.5 mg/L for all trips at all areas studied indicating that it was not suitable for aquatic life. Nutrients such as ammoniacal nitrogen and soluble reactive phosphorus of the housing areas ranged from 11.1 to 17.2 mg/L and 1.05 to 2.43 mg/L respectively. Biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids concentrations at all the housing areas exceeded the Standard B maximum permitted values of Effluent Discharge Standard of Environmental Quality Act 1974. Loadings of pollutants from housing areas in Kuching were computed. This study shows that domestic wastewater was low in DO, high in oxygen demand, high in solids and nutrients thus loading the rivers with pollutants. Therefore, domestic wastewater must be treated before being channeled to the adjacent water bodies to avoid eutrophication in the receiving water and to recover nutrients. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-24T15:31:49Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-31ea98deab9f43689b64fc0ffe9c78c1 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2079-2115 2079-2123 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-24T15:31:49Z |
| publishDate | 2012-01-01 |
| publisher | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment |
| spelling | doaj.art-31ea98deab9f43689b64fc0ffe9c78c12024-04-02T03:40:05ZengBabol Noshirvani University of TechnologyIranica Journal of Energy and Environment2079-21152079-21232012-01-0132129133Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing AreasT.Y LingM.J. DanaS. BostamL. NyantiWetlands are important spawning and nursery ground for fish and prawns. However, wetlands have been reported to be polluted in different parts of the world. One of the pollution sources is domestic wastewater. Therefore, in this study, domestic wastewater quality was studied at three major housing areas. Samplings were conducted in three trips. Results showed that pH ranged from 6.64 to 7.31 and temperature ranged from 23.5 to 31.7 oC. DO values were low, that is, below 3.5 mg/L for all trips at all areas studied indicating that it was not suitable for aquatic life. Nutrients such as ammoniacal nitrogen and soluble reactive phosphorus of the housing areas ranged from 11.1 to 17.2 mg/L and 1.05 to 2.43 mg/L respectively. Biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids concentrations at all the housing areas exceeded the Standard B maximum permitted values of Effluent Discharge Standard of Environmental Quality Act 1974. Loadings of pollutants from housing areas in Kuching were computed. This study shows that domestic wastewater was low in DO, high in oxygen demand, high in solids and nutrients thus loading the rivers with pollutants. Therefore, domestic wastewater must be treated before being channeled to the adjacent water bodies to avoid eutrophication in the receiving water and to recover nutrients.http://www.ijee.net/Journal/ijee/vol3/no2/5.pdfHousehold wastewaterWater qualityPollutant loadingNutrients |
| spellingShingle | T.Y Ling M.J. Dana S. Bostam L. Nyanti Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment Household wastewater Water quality Pollutant loading Nutrients |
| title | Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas |
| title_full | Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas |
| title_fullStr | Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas |
| title_short | Domestic Wastewater Quality and Pollutant Loadings from Urban Housing Areas |
| title_sort | domestic wastewater quality and pollutant loadings from urban housing areas |
| topic | Household wastewater Water quality Pollutant loading Nutrients |
| url | http://www.ijee.net/Journal/ijee/vol3/no2/5.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT tyling domesticwastewaterqualityandpollutantloadingsfromurbanhousingareas AT mjdana domesticwastewaterqualityandpollutantloadingsfromurbanhousingareas AT sbostam domesticwastewaterqualityandpollutantloadingsfromurbanhousingareas AT lnyanti domesticwastewaterqualityandpollutantloadingsfromurbanhousingareas |