The deuterium and oxygen-18 isotopic composition of the groundwater in Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip (Palestine)

Jabal, Mohd S. Abu; Abustan, Ismail; Rozaimy, Mohd Remy; Najar, Hussam El

doi:10.1007/s12665-018-7335-4

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“…However, the huge effluent generated in these slaughterhouses is discharged without any adequate wastewater treatment facilities and this constitutes a grave danger to the environment and public health since there is no policy on abattoir management [1][2][3][4][5] . The abattoir effluent contains a lot of microorganisms which can easily contaminate groundwater, drinking water and water bodies rendering that water unfit for drinking, swimming, irrigation or any other purposes giving rise to a serious risk to living organisms in the environment [6][7][8][9][10][11] .…”

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Assessment of Water Lettuce and Duckweed in Phytoremediation of Slaughter Effluent

Esegbuyotaroghene Emmanuel,

Moses,

Oghenerhuarho

2024

Asian Sci. Bul

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Background and Objective:In Nigeria, it is alarming that all the abattoirs have no wastewater treatment. Huge effluents are being directly discharged on a daily basis to the environment without being checked and controlled creating serious pollution risks to living organisms in the environment. The objective of this study was to characterize the selected abattoir effluent pollutants and also to evaluate the performance of water lettuce and duckweed in removing pollutants from abattoir effluent. Materials and Methods: Phytoremediation of slaughter-contaminated river water in Trans Amadi slaughterhouse, Port Harcourt, Rivers State was carried out using hydroponically cultivated water lettuce and duckweed. The physicochemical parameters investigated were physicochemical parameters: Temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved oxygen (TDS), total suspended solid (TSS), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity, nitrate (NOG 3 ), ammonia (NH 4 + N) and phosphate (PO 4 ) were conducted according to the standard methods. Results: The percentage increase in pH varied between 13.4 and 29.7% for water lettuce and 12.6 and 32.2% for duckweed. The percentage increase in EC varied between 6.4 and 87.1% for water lettuce and 5.4 and 86% for duckweed. The percentage increase in TDS varied between 15.4 and 82% for water lettuce and 14.6 and 79% for duckweed. The observed differences between the mean values of TDS, TSS, BOD, COD, DO and turbidity values were statistically significant (p<0.05) for both plants. Conclusion:It can be concluded that discharging abattoir water without prior treatment could lead to serious environmental problems for human beings, aquatic lives and Eco diversity since all pollution indices are far above the tolerance limit.

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Assessment of Water Lettuce and Duckweed in Phytoremediation of Slaughter Effluent

Esegbuyotaroghene Emmanuel,

Moses,

Oghenerhuarho

2024

Asian Sci. Bul

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“…The efficient treatment and reuse of such considerable quantity of wastewater in areas characterized by water crisis becomes a priority at a local and national level to meet increasing agricultural water demand, which was identified as one of the main objectives of the Palestinian water sector. However, the soil in west Rafah is characterized by its sandy texture with high infiltration rate (Abu Jabal et al 2018), irrigation by partially treated effluent could increase the input of pollutants to the groundwater. In addition, the farmers acceptance to use the treated effluent in irrigation is doubtful.…”

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The Effect of Education Level on Accepting The Reuse of Treated Effluent in Irrigation

Al-Najar

Hamarneh

2019

Indonesian J. Sci. Technol

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Gaza strip suffers from a serious shortage in water resources due to the continuous increase in population, life changes, political conditions and drought caused by climate change. Due to increased demand for water for domestic use, resulting accumulation of large quantities of wastewater in the treatment plant in Rafah. Therefore, reuse of treated wastewater is one of the most recently accepted approaches to save groundwater or domestic use. The aim of this research is to study the treated effluent quality from Rafah Treatment Plant, in addition to the effect of education level of the farmers on reusing treated wastewater for irrigation. A questionnaire was distributed to farmers to investigate the acceptance of using treated effluent for irrigation, meanwhile the effluent parameters tested were BOD, COD, TKN, NH4, NO3, P, Cd, Pb, and Cu accounted for 110, 250, 108, 127, 0.23, 17.9 mg/l, < 0.003, <0.001, and 19.9 µg/l. Most of reuse parameters were higher than the recommended levels for the effluent reuse based on the recommended Palestinian Standards for irrigation. About 80.7% of farmers accept using treated wastewater in irrigation and the Chi-square test analysis showed that, at P-value =0.00095 < α= 0.05, there is a close relationship between the educational level of farmers and the acceptance of using of treated wastewater in irrigation, as long as it is safe and healthy.

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“…The coastal aquifer is the main and merely water supply source for domestic use and production sectors such as agriculture and industry in the Gaza Strip. The quality and quantity of the coastal aquifer have been deteriorated due to low recharge as a result of increased in the runoff which led to a decrease in the infiltrated quantity to the aquifer [8] [9] Abu [10]. The nitrate ion concentration reaches a very high level in various areas of the Gaza Strip, while the WHO standard recommended nitrate concentration less than 50 mg/L for drinking purposes.…”

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Slaughterhouses Wastewater Characteristics in the Gaza Strip

Al-Najar¹,

Nassar²

2019

JWARP

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Slaughterhouses generate considerable quantities of wastewater due to the huge amount of blood produced from slaughtering process and the need for cleaning and hygiene of meat. Due to the extraordinary content of organics and minerals, wastewater from slaughterhouses needs special care and treatment for safe disposal to the environment. Currently, wastewater from slaughterhouses in the Gaza Strip is discharged to the public networks without any treatment burdened central wastewater treatment plant, where partially treated effluent discharged to the sea. The aim of this research is to characterize the wastewater from Gaza slaughterhouse to identify the best approach for treatment. Samples from the slaughterhouse were collected during working hours and analysed for physical and chemical parameters.

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The deuterium and oxygen-18 isotopic composition of the groundwater in Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip (Palestine)

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Assessment of Water Lettuce and Duckweed in Phytoremediation of Slaughter Effluent

Assessment of Water Lettuce and Duckweed in Phytoremediation of Slaughter Effluent

The Effect of Education Level on Accepting The Reuse of Treated Effluent in Irrigation

Slaughterhouses Wastewater Characteristics in the Gaza Strip

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