Assessment of drinking water quality along Port Said Canal treatment plants, Suez Canal corridor, Egypt

Geriesh, Mohamed H.; Mansour, Basma; Farouk, Hanaa

doi:10.1007/s12517-019-4875-1

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“…Water samples before treatment generally showed high levels of contaminants above the stipulated drinking water guidelines with colour (54.13TCU), turbidity 20.16 NTU), TDS (633.38 mg/L), total hardness (212.81 mg/L) and total coliform count (42.35 cfu/100mL) significantly exceeding the drinking water guidelines. This was consistent with findings from similar studies [3,10,26] and was expected because surface water particularly in close proximity to agricultural and residential areas is highly susceptible to contamination. In addition, studies by [2,9] showed similar findings along the upstream of the case study area which indicates that high concentrations of contaminants have been recorded along the river which feeds the treatment plant.…”

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Assessing the efficiency of drinking water treatment plant and the impact of broken distribution systems on water quality of Wukari-Ibi plant

EZEKİEL¹,

Joshua²,

WİLLİAMS³

2022

Environmental Research and Technology

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Water treatment is essential in the provision of potable drinking water to communities. However, studies have shown that many local conventional drinking water treatment plants in Nigeria are ineffective in removing contaminants. This study evaluated the efficiency of drinking water from Wukari-Ibi plant by assessing water samples before and after treatment and comparing results to national and international drinking water standards. Forty water samples were collected and selected physical and biological parameters were determined according to standard laboratory procedures. The results indicated that after treatment, turbidity (6.74 NTU) and coliform count (17 cfu/100 mL) were still significantly greater than standard guidelines, which suggest that the treatment plant is unable to reduce the concentration of these contaminants to a safe level for consumption. Furthermore, assessing water at consumer taps indicated that broken distribution system is likely serving as a potential pathway for contamination. The plant removal efficiency of colour, turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids, hardness, and coliform count was computed as 74.7%, 66.57%, 32.58%, 30.11%, and 59.88% respectively. Overall, the removal efficiency was 52.77% which is considered unacceptable for the supply of potable drinking water. The study concludes that cost and poor skilled personnel are the major factors in the inefficient treatment and therefore we suggest a low-cost treatment using activated carbon from locally sourced plants to be incorporated for effective removal of contaminants. There is also a need for government to invest in infrastructure and equipment so as to upgrade the treatment plant.Cite this article as: Samaıla E, Gin WA, Joshua WK. Assessing the efficiency of drinking water treatment plant and the impact of broken distribution systems on water quality of Wukari-Ibi plant. Environ Res Tec 2022;5:2:155-164.

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Assessing the efficiency of drinking water treatment plant and the impact of broken distribution systems on water quality of Wukari-Ibi plant

EZEKİEL¹,

Joshua²,

WİLLİAMS³

2022

Environmental Research and Technology

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“…It was expected that the enormous body of the ship (400 m in length and 200 k tons in weight) would have affected the natural flow of the water and all the water surface and subsurface processes. Thus, we aimed to investigate the impacts of the Suez Canal blockage and consequent dredging operations on the concentration of TSM in the water, which can impact canal ecosystem services like fisheries, drinking, and agricultural water supply [7].…”

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“…The Suez Canal and bay are one of Egypt's central fisheries, drinking, and irrigation resources. Thus, TSM concentration primarily impacts the ecosystem services provided by the canal [5][6][7].…”

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Sentinel-2 Reveals Abrupt Increment of Total Suspended Matter While Ever Given Ship Blocked the Suez Canal

Niroumand-Jadidi

Bovolo

2021

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The blockage of the Suez Canal, one of the world’s key trade routes, by a giant container ship in March 2021 was in the spotlight of news media worldwide, mainly because of its economic impacts. In this study, we look at this event from an environmental perspective by analyzing the impact of the artificial barrier made by the ship over the channel and of operations like dredging on the concentration of total suspended matter (TSM). In this context, multitemporal Sentinel-2 images are used to study short-term variations of TSM within a time window spanning before, during, and after the blockage event. A well-established neural network-based processor called Case 2 Regional CoastColour (C2RCC) is employed to derive remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) and then TSM concentrations from Sentinel-2 imagery. The results indicate that the stuck ship acted as an artificial barrier leading to very different TSM conditions north and south of the canal. Furthermore, the blockage of the Suez Canal and subsequent dredging caused an abrupt increment (+400%) in the concentration of TSM moving north from the ship’s location. We also identified a very high contrast between the TSM concentration in the north and south of the vessel during the blockage event.

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“…Therefore, Egypt’s government has launched a megaproject called the development project of the century to sustain SCR by turning this investigated area into a major economic zone and prosperous waterfront region, hence increasing the role of the SCR in international trading and developing the Suez Canal Province. In the past decades, many natural and human made environmental hazards namely seismic, groundwater level rising, water pollution, and soil salinization affected the area under investigation and lead to significant environmental land degradation impacts (Ghodeif et al 2013 ; Arnous and Hassan 2015 ; Mansour 2015 ; Arnous et al 2015 , 2017 ; Geriesh et al 2015a , b ; El-Rayes et al 2017 ; Geriesh et al 2019 ). Therefore, SCR’s environmental assessment is important for the management of this important region to address the prevailing hazards, focusing on soil-related issues, climate, tectonic systems, seismicity, and water contamination in response to land degradation.…”

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Utilizing multi-temporal thermal data to assess environmental land degradation impacts: example from Suez Canal region, Egypt

Arnous

Mansour

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Land surface temperature (LST) analysis of satellite data is critical for studying the environmental land degradation impacts. However, challenges arise to correlate the LST and field data due to the constant development in land use and land cover (LULC). This study aims to monitor, analyze, assess, and map the environmental land degradation impacts utilizing image processing and GIS tools of satellite data and fieldwork. Two thermal and optical sets of Landsat TM + 5 and TIRS + 8 data dated 1984 and 2018 were used to map the thermal and LULC changes in the Suez Canal region (SCR). The LULC classification was categorized into water bodies, urban areas, vegetation, baren areas, wetland, clay, and salt. LULC and LST change detection results revealed that vegetation and urban areas increased in their areas in 34 years. Moreover, 97% of the SCR witnessed LST rise during this period with an average rise rate of 0.352 °C per year. The most effective LULC class changes on LST were the conversions from or to baren areas, where baren areas were converted to 630.5 km2 vegetation and 104 km2 urban areas rising the LST to 43.57 °C and 45 °C, respectively. The spectral reflectance (LSR), LST profiles, and statistical analyses examined the association between LST and LULC deriving factors. In combination with field observations, five hotspots were chosen to detect and monitor natural and human land degradation impacts on LST of the SCR environment. Land degradations detected include water pollution, groundwater rising, salinity increase, sand dune migration, and seismic activity.

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Assessment of drinking water quality along Port Said Canal treatment plants, Suez Canal corridor, Egypt

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Assessing the efficiency of drinking water treatment plant and the impact of broken distribution systems on water quality of Wukari-Ibi plant

Assessing the efficiency of drinking water treatment plant and the impact of broken distribution systems on water quality of Wukari-Ibi plant

Sentinel-2 Reveals Abrupt Increment of Total Suspended Matter While Ever Given Ship Blocked the Suez Canal

Utilizing multi-temporal thermal data to assess environmental land degradation impacts: example from Suez Canal region, Egypt

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