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Treated Wastewater Impact on Rural Green Farm Life Cycle, Egypt

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Treated effluent from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) offers significant water demand in all areas of activities in rural farm. This research evaluates the reuse of secondary treated wastewater (STWW) for irrigating crops, fresh vegetables and feeding fish farm. Physico-chemical, heavy metals and cytogenetic have been investigated. Intensive analyses of crops seeds, vegetables components, soil, dried sludge and fish organisms have been carried out. Results showed that the characteristics of secondary treated wastewater can be used for crops plantation and fish farming. Cytogenetic studies using Alliums' bio-tests were investigated. The concentrations of each: Cr, Pb, Co, Se, Ni, Cu, and Zn in STWW was less than 0.1 mg/l. Carbon content, nitrogen, and phosphorous were: 6.0; 1.2; and 0.1 mg/l, respectively fulfilling the requirements C: N: P ratios for plant growth. Results showed also that the irrigated crops and vegetables exhibited good growth. Analyses of roots, stems, leaves, seeds and sludge showed metals concentrations were within the permissible range. Tilapia fish showed noticeable vitality. Parasitological examination of fish revealed no parasitic cysts detected in the skin, gills and intestine, respectively. It showed no bacterial strains isolated from fish tissues. Macroscopically parameters as root length and shape look normal and healthy, while microscopically parameters showed no change of mitotic index, RDR, phase index, chromosomal aberrations of the bioassay plant tissues and do not stimulate specific type of chromosomal aberrations as well as percentage of chromosomal aberrations. All studied parameters were found in normal limits when compared with control values. This indicated the efficiency of the treatment system; hence STWW has no mutagenicity or cytotoxicity effects. Examined parameters in this study were found in normal limits if compared with trigger levels of treated wastewater.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2017.1379.1090

Keywords

Wastewater, reuse, crops, vegetables, microbiology, Cytotoxicity, Solar treatment

Authors

First Name

M. Hamdy

Last Name

El Awady

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Water pollution research department, environmental research division, National Research Centre

Email

hawady@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Neama

Last Name

Marzouk

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

2Vegetable Res. Dept, Agricultural REs. Division, NRC

Email

neama1980@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Bakry

Last Name

Bakry

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Crops Res. Dept, Agricultural Res Division, NRC

Email

bakry_ahmed2004@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Abdel Rahman

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Genetics and Cytology Dept, NRC

Email

hamdyna2010@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Kenawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Hydrobiology Dept., NRC

Email

akenawy70@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

Volume

60

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

660

Issue Date

2017-12-01

Receive Date

2017-07-24

Publish Date

2017-12-01

Page Start

965

Page End

975

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_3997.html

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Type Code

297

Publication Type

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Treated Wastewater Impact on Rural Green Farm Life Cycle, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023