Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt
Kitchener drain isconsideredone of the largest drains in the Nile delta. The current study aimed to assess water quality and level of some chemical and biological pollutants in both the water and sediments of Kitchener drain. The studied water quality parameters included nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (P...
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| author | Eman Abd-Elfattah Abd El Azeez Sheta Mohammed Saifeldeen Somaya Hassanein Yahia Mahmoud |
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| description | Kitchener drain isconsideredone of the largest drains in the Nile delta. The current study aimed to assess water quality and level of some chemical and biological pollutants in both the water and sediments of Kitchener drain. The studied water quality parameters included nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS), in addition, water and sediment samples were exposed to bacteriological analysis which included, total coliform (TC) bacteria, faecal coliform (FC) bacteria and Salmonella&Shigella (SS). The results showed that nitrate (NO3-) and phosphate (PO43-) concentrations in most sampling sides were within the permitted Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) limits for irrigation water. In addition, all the values of total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids concentrations (TDS) in El-Gharbia governorate were higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) permitted limits. Bacteriological results revealed that most sampling sites were contaminated with both TC and FC bacteria where, the counts of them in the water samples exceeded the 1,000 CFU/100 ml which is higher than the WHO limits. In addition, the counts of studied organisms in all examined sediment samples were higher compared to water samples. Based on these results the water in Kitchener drain is considered unsuitablefor domestic and agricultural purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-705ba9ef4e1b4992b874ef0d79d949382024-03-07T17:34:08ZaraThe Union of Arab UniversitiesArab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences1110-26752636-35852021-08-0129280181110.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320193367Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - EgyptEman Abd-Elfattah0Abd El Azeez Sheta1Mohammed Saifeldeen2Somaya Hassanein3Yahia Mahmoud4Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, EgyptSoil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptSoil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptSoil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, EgyptSoil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, EgyptKitchener drain isconsideredone of the largest drains in the Nile delta. The current study aimed to assess water quality and level of some chemical and biological pollutants in both the water and sediments of Kitchener drain. The studied water quality parameters included nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS), in addition, water and sediment samples were exposed to bacteriological analysis which included, total coliform (TC) bacteria, faecal coliform (FC) bacteria and Salmonella&Shigella (SS). The results showed that nitrate (NO3-) and phosphate (PO43-) concentrations in most sampling sides were within the permitted Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) limits for irrigation water. In addition, all the values of total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids concentrations (TDS) in El-Gharbia governorate were higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) permitted limits. Bacteriological results revealed that most sampling sites were contaminated with both TC and FC bacteria where, the counts of them in the water samples exceeded the 1,000 CFU/100 ml which is higher than the WHO limits. In addition, the counts of studied organisms in all examined sediment samples were higher compared to water samples. Based on these results the water in Kitchener drain is considered unsuitablefor domestic and agricultural purposes.https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_193367_4cbe79282fec05c3e402c021068f125c.pdfwater qualitykitchener draintotal coliform (tc)faecal coliform (fc) |
| spellingShingle | Eman Abd-Elfattah Abd El Azeez Sheta Mohammed Saifeldeen Somaya Hassanein Yahia Mahmoud Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences water quality kitchener drain total coliform (tc) faecal coliform (fc) |
| title | Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt |
| title_full | Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt |
| title_short | Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt |
| title_sort | assessment of water and sediments quality of kitchener drain nile delta egypt |
| topic | water quality kitchener drain total coliform (tc) faecal coliform (fc) |
| url | https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_193367_4cbe79282fec05c3e402c021068f125c.pdf |
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