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A water resources quality assessment case study involving a package plant in Mogale city

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dc.contributor.advisor Hendrick, Richard Martin
dc.contributor.advisor Dewar, J.
dc.contributor.advisor Brand, M.E.
dc.contributor.author De Bruyn, Karin
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-29T08:49:11Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-29T08:49:11Z
dc.date.issued 2011-11
dc.identifier.citation De Bruyn, Karin (2011) A water resources quality assessment case study involving a package plant in Mogale city, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5594> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5594
dc.description.abstract Inadequately treated wastewater effluent is harmful to the receiving aquatic environment. Water-borne chemicals and microbial pathogens pose a health risk to anyone living downstream from sewage treatment facilities. This study assessed the effluent from a package plant with a design capacity of 48kℓ/24 hours, servicing 12 household units and a restaurant in Mogale City. Over a 12 month period, fortnightly water samples were collected from ten selected sites including two boreholes, a river and two dams. Standard parameters including physical (pH, EC, temperature, DO and SS), chemical (nutrient concentration) and biological (bacterial counts) were analysed using handheld meters, standard membrane filter techniques and colorimetric methods. One borehole was affected by pathogen and nitrate runoff from an adjacent poultry farm. If regularly monitored, the package plant effectively removed microbes (most samples contained 0 cfu/100mℓ) but above limit COD, ammonia and phosphate was released in the effluent (with maximum values of 322 mg/ℓ, 42.52 mg/ℓ and 7.18 mg/ℓ, respectively). Generally, river and dam water at the site was of good quality. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resrouce (xii, 247 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Ammonia en
dc.subject Aquatic environment en
dc.subject Biological parameters en
dc.subject Chemical parameters en
dc.subject Nitrate en
dc.subject Wastewater effluent en
dc.subject Pathogens en
dc.subject Package plants
dc.subject Phosphate
dc.subject Physical parameters
dc.subject.ddc 628.1620968
dc.subject.lcsh Water -- Purification -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh Water quality management -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh Water -- Pollution -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh Package goods industry -- South Africa -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh Package goods industry -- South Africa -- Sewage -- Case studies
dc.title A water resources quality assessment case study involving a package plant in Mogale city en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Environmental Science
dc.description.degree M. Sc. (Environmental Science)


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