Environmental Assessment of Water Quality in Kuwait Bay

Al-Mutairi, Nawaf; Abahussain, Asma; Al-Battay, A.

doi:10.7763/ijesd.2014.v5.539

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“…The overall assessment of the Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) is moderate (Table 6), with high confidence and a declining trajectory reflecting the ongoing and chronic issues associated with the discharge of sewage into the coastal waters (Table 5 and Table 6). Kuwaiti marine waters (Al-Mutairi et al, 2014a;Al-Mutairi et al, 2014b;Smith et al, 2015). The concerns for eutrophication issues are driven by significant, long term increase in nutrient inputs to Kuwait coastal waters.…”

Section: Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms (Habs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Principles to enable comprehensive national marine ecosystem status assessments from disparate data: The state of the marine environment in Kuwait

Lyons

Bacon

Edmonds

et al. 2019

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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Section: Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms (Habs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Principles to enable comprehensive national marine ecosystem status assessments from disparate data: The state of the marine environment in Kuwait

Lyons

Bacon

Edmonds

et al. 2019

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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“…The number and the importance of uncorrelated principal components extracted from the results of studied parameters were presented by a screed plot. The result of the PCA analysis was considered significant when the Eigen PCA value was equal or >1 .…”

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Spatial and Temporal Variation of Parameters in Wadi Andlou, Tunisia‐Pollution by Pulp Mill Discharge

Ltifi

Saidi

Rabhi

et al. 2017

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This study evaluated space-time variation of water quality data sets for the Wadi Andlou Kasserine, Tunisia, using multivariate analytical techniques including cluster analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation analysis (CA). The present study showed that values of temperature (T), electrical conductivity (EC), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), chloride, phosphate, sulfate, fecal coliform, Streptococcus, Salmonella spp., and Enterococci were significantly higher in the dry season compared to samples taken in the wet season. Concurrently, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), turbidity, suspended matter (SM), NH þ 4 presented values significantly lower in dry season than surveys in rainy season. The following parameters BOD 5 , COD, SO 2À 4 , Cl À , SM, Salmonella spp. did not meet the Tunisian standard NT 106 for surface water quality. Analysis of pollutant concentrations via PCA showed that the two first components accounted for 87.34 and 93.17% of the total variance for dry and rainy season sampling, respectively. The first component included T, pH, EC, SM, SO 2À 4 , Cl À , NH þ 4 , turbidity, COD, BOD, PO 3À 4 , Enterococci, fecal coliform and streptococcus, Salmonella spp., and total bacteria. The second included DO and NO À 3 . Cluster analysis identified the five sampling sites into three groups in the rainy and dry season based on seasonal differences and various pollution levels caused by physicochemical and bacteriological properties. The results suggest that future monitoring can include fewer sampling sites, and stratified random sampling plans can save time and resources.

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“…Al- Mutairi et al (2014) stated that "Kuwait Bay is suffering from different kinds of pollutions either from local or regional sources." Ali and Chidambaram (2021;p.…”

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Marine Pollution in Kuwait and Its Impacts on Fish-Stock Decline in Kuwaiti Waters: Reviewing the Kuwaiti Government's Policies and Practices

Alqattan

Gray

2021

Front. Sustain.

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Kuwait's “Blue Economy” project aims to help replace the country's oil and gas income by the sustainable development of its marine resources. The fishing industry has a prime place in the “Blue Economy” project, but nine of the main fish species in Kuwait have recently declined Rubian (Shrimp), Zobaidi (Silver Pomfret), Suboor (Hilsa Shad), Naqroor (Javelin Grunter), Hamoor (Orange-Spotted Grouper), Hamra (Malabar Blood Snapper), Halwayuh (Black Pomfret), Frush (Trout Sweetlips), and Kasur (Lizard Fish). This paper investigates the nature of pollution in Kuwaiti waters, examining its extent and causes, questioning whether or not it is a primary reason for fish decline, and discussing what measures could be taken to reduce or remove it. The data for this study were gathered from peer-reviewed articles, official Kuwaiti statistics and reports, and semi-structured interviews conducted in Kuwait with stakeholders in the fisheries including staff in the Kuwaiti Scientific Institute, the Fishery Protection Authority, the Environmental Protection Authority and governmental departments; fishers; and fishery business owners. The main finding of this study is that because of the weak government policies and practices to counter pollution, pollution does exist in Kuwaiti waters, but there is no solid evidence that it has a direct link to the decline in fish stocks. Overfishing, especially by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) vessels, seems to be a more substantial cause of the decline in fish stocks.

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Environmental Assessment of Water Quality in Kuwait Bay

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Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Principles to enable comprehensive national marine ecosystem status assessments from disparate data: The state of the marine environment in Kuwait

Principles to enable comprehensive national marine ecosystem status assessments from disparate data: The state of the marine environment in Kuwait

Spatial and Temporal Variation of Parameters in Wadi Andlou, Tunisia‐Pollution by Pulp Mill Discharge

Marine Pollution in Kuwait and Its Impacts on Fish-Stock Decline in Kuwaiti Waters: Reviewing the Kuwaiti Government's Policies and Practices

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