Quality Analysis of Urea Plant Wastewater and its Impact on Surface Water Bodies

This study was conducted on the canal water that flows besides an urea manufacturing facility. The study focused to evaluate the impact of facility’s effluents. The canal water quality is being affected drastically due to heavy load of pollutants discharged. Samples were collected by grab sampling method, from various locations. These samples were analyzed regarding physiochemical parameters, i.e. temperature, pH, TDS, TSS, BOD5, COD, heavy metals (Fe, Cu, Cr, Mn) and NH3 content. The canal water quality deteriorates after receiving a substantial load of effluents discharged from urea fertilizer plant. The results compared with WHO and NEQS, showed that the effluent samples had alkaline nature with a high level of ammonia and BOD5 and are not safe for aquatic life and environment. It is therefore recommended that discharge of untreated effluents should be stopped, or allowed within safe limits.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research

• Publication date

  2018-04-19

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.48084/ETASR.1767
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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