Wastewater Discharge Impact on Groundwater Quality of Béchar City, Southwestern Algeria: An Anthropogenic Activities Mapping Approach

Kabour, Abdesselem; Azedine, Heni; Chebbah, Lynda; Sadek, Younes

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1200

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“…Urgent actions are needed for ensuring the provision for the treatment of anthropogenic wastewater. Any delay in performance of ensuring treatment for anthropogenic wastewater can negatively affect the access and quality of drinking water and can be a costly and dangerous choice for the goals of safe drinking water and sanitation of future generations (Bondur and Grebenuk, 2001 ; Gelsomino et al, 2006 ; Abdesselem et al, 2012 ). The comparison of ten countries, leading in GDP and performance of SDG 6 is shown in Fig.…”

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Attainment of water and sanitation goals: a review and agenda for research

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2022

Sustain. Water Resour. Manag.

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One-fourth of the global population is without basic drinking water and half of the global population lacks sanitation facilities. The attainment of water and sanitation targets is difficult due to administrative, operational, political, transborder, technical, and policy challenges. Conducted after 5 years from the adoption of sustainable development goals by the United Nations reviews the initiatives for improving access, quality, and affordability of water and sanitation. The bibliometric and thematic analyses are conducted to consolidate the outcomes of scientific papers on sustainable development goal 6 (SDG 6). Africa is struggling in relation with water and sanitation goals, having 17 countries with less than 40% basic drinking water facilities and 16 countries with less than 40% basic sanitation facilities. Globally, the attainment of water and sanitation goals will be depended on economic development, the development of revolutionary measures for wastewater treatment, and creating awareness related to water usage, water recycling, water harvesting, hygiene, and sanitation. Behavioral changes are also required for a new water culture and the attainment of water and sanitation goals by 2030.

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Attainment of water and sanitation goals: a review and agenda for research

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2022

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“…In Algeria, the discharge of wastewater to the river Béchar affects the groundwater which is used as a water source for daily human activities (Abdesselema et al 2012). In China, stormwater is mixed with urban surface runoff during its travel to the Futian river, reaching it without any treatment.…”

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A model to describe the performance of the UASB reactor

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A model to describe the performance of the UASB reactor. Abstract A dynamic model to describe the performance of the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor was developed. It includes dispersion, advection, and reaction terms, as well as the resistances through which the substrate passes before its biotransformation. The UASB reactor is viewed as several continuous stirred tank reactors connected in series. The good agreement between experimental and simulated results shows that the model is able to predict the performance of the UASB reactor (i.e. substrate concentration, biomass concentration, granule size, and height of the sludge bed).

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Ecological plasticity to ions concentration determines genetic response and dominance of Anopheles coluzzii larvae in urban coastal habitats of Central Africa

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In Central Africa, the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii is predominant in urban and coastal habitats. However, little is known about the environmental factors that may be involved in this process. Here, we performed an analysis of 28 physicochemical characteristics of 59 breeding sites across 5 urban and rural sites in coastal areas of Central Africa. We then modelled the relative frequency of An. coluzzii larvae to these physicochemical parameters in order to investigate environmental patterns. Then, we assessed the expression variation of 10 candidate genes in An. coluzzii, previously incriminated with insecticide resistance and osmoregulation in urban settings. Our results confirmed the ecological plasticity of An. coluzzii larvae to breed in a large range of aquatic conditions and its predominance in breeding sites rich in ions. Gene expression patterns were comparable between urban and rural habitats, suggesting a broad response to ions concentrations of whatever origin. Altogether, An. coluzzii exhibits a plastic response to occupy both coastal and urban habitats. This entails important consequences for malaria control in the context of the rapid urban expansion in Africa in the coming years.

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Wastewater Discharge Impact on Groundwater Quality of Béchar City, Southwestern Algeria: An Anthropogenic Activities Mapping Approach

Cited by 9 publications

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Attainment of water and sanitation goals: a review and agenda for research

Attainment of water and sanitation goals: a review and agenda for research

A model to describe the performance of the UASB reactor

Ecological plasticity to ions concentration determines genetic response and dominance of Anopheles coluzzii larvae in urban coastal habitats of Central Africa

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