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Performance efficiency of bacterial control in Some Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Damietta Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Environmental Sciences and their applications

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Water supplied to consumers must meet safety standards and be free of pathogens and hazardous materials. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the efficiency of disinfectant process and microbial control for some drinking water treatment facilities. Water samples were collected from eleven treatment plants at River Nile. The investigation based on bacteriological analysis of two sampling point for each plant, the source catchment (inlet) and produced water (outlet). The subjected analysis included total plate count (TPC) using pour plate method, total coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococcus (FS) which conducted by membrane filtration. The result showed that the mean value of total plate count, total coliform, fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus of plant inlets were 301.4±138.1, 152.3±95.4, 28 ± 12, 33 ± 10.7 CFU/100ml, respectively, while for plant outlets were <1 in all parameters except total plate count which was 24.72±6.47 CFU/100ml. It was indicated that the fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus of plant inlets and outlets was within the permissible limit according to WHO standard but total plate count and total coliform exceeded the standard limit in most plant inlets. According to the results of the examined River Nile water samples, there was microbial contamination in catchment point of each station. However, drinking water treatment plants efficiency for the investigated biological parameters varied between 88% and 100%. In conclusion, it's recommended to perform a temporal and spatial assessment of Nile River at consistent intervals to mitigate the potential impacts and sustain the main drinking water source.

DOI

10.21608/sjdfs.2024.260965.1153

Keywords

Drinking water treatment plants, River Nile, total coliform, Fecal Streptococcus, Fecal coliform

Authors

First Name

Sherin

Last Name

Elhossiny

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Damietta University.

Email

sherinelsayed777@gmail.com

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First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Elemam

MiddleName

Adel

Affiliation

Elkafrawey Street, New Damietta City, Damietta - Egypt

Email

doaa_elemam17@yahoo.com

City

New Damietta City

Orcid

0000-0002-4231-9904

First Name

Mervat

Last Name

El-Sonbati

MiddleName

Abd El-Magied

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

mervat.mossad@yahoo.com

City

New Damietta

Orcid

0000-0003-4624-816X

First Name

Talaat

Last Name

Hegazy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Sciences,Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

talaat_hegazy@hotmail.com

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Volume

14

Article Issue

1

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45683

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-01-14

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2024-03-01

Page Start

55

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62

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2314-8594

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2314-8616

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Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science

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Performance efficiency of bacterial control in Some Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Damietta Governorate, Egypt

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28 Dec 2024