Microbiological water quality along the Kuwait waterfront project, Kuwait

Historic and contemporary contamination in the marine environment of Kuwait: An overview

“…faecal coliforms and faecal streptococci) associated with discharges of domestic sewage. It is known that the organic content of the sewage dumped into Kuwaiti waters is also relatively high and often septic due to low flows, long retention times, high ambient temperatures and concomitant anaerobicity (Ghannoum et al, 1991;Al-Ghadban et al, 2002). Trace metal pollution has been detected close to known discharges of domestic sewage and their accumulation has been attributed to the closed, shallow nature of the receiving beaches and outlets discharging within a few meters of the shoreline (Al-Ghadban et al, 2002;Bu-Olayan and Thomas, 2014).…”

Microbial water quality and sedimentary faecal sterols as markers of sewage contamination in Kuwait

“…It is known that the organic content of sewage discharged into Kuwait's coastal waters is high and regularly septic due to long retention times, elevated ambient temperatures and concomitant anaerobicity (Ghannoum et al, 1991;El-Desouki and Abdulraheem, 1998;Al-Ghadban et al, 2002). Other pollutants, including trace metals and oil related chemicals have been detected close to known point sources of sewage effluent, which often are discharged within a few meters of the shoreline (Al-Ghadban et al, 2002;Al-Sarawi et al, this issue).…”

Spatial–temporal variations and diversity of the bacterioplankton communities in the coastal waters of Kuwait

“…The major pumping failure at the Mishref sewage station in 2009 released approximately 180,000-200,000 m 3 /day of untreated sewage into the coastal environment for several months, and the sewage discharged into the Kuwaiti coastal waters was usually high in organic content (Ghannoum et al, 1991;Al-Ghadban et al, 2002). Sewage discharge may cause coastal eutrophication, the accumulation of toxic substances in coastal sediments and support the growth of hazardous algal blooms.…”