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dc.contributor.author | Osuolale, Olayinka | - |
dc.contributor.author | Okoh, Anthony | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-17T10:57:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-17T10:57:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-10-23 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121013399 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/jspui/handle/20.500.12398/352 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The final effluents of two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were evaluated for their physicochemical and microbiological qualities over a period of 12 months. The physicochemical parameters assessed ranged as follows both plants. The ranges of values for the physicochemical are: pH (3.9–8.6), total dissolved solids (86.50–336.3 mg/L), electrical conductivity (13.57–52.50 mS/m), temperature (13–28 °C), nitrate (0–21.73 mg/L), nitrite (0.01–0.60 mg/L), orthophosphate (1.29–20.57 mg/L), turbidity (4.02–43.20 NTU), free chlorine (0.05–7.18 mg/L), dissolve oxygen (3.91–9.60 mg/L), biochemical oxygen demand (0.1–9.0 mg/L) and chemical oxygen demand (4.67–211 mg/L). The microbiological assessment for both WWTPs revealed the presence of E. coli in counts ranging between 0 and 1.86 × 104 CFU/100 mL and Vibrio counts ranging between 0 and 9.93 × 103 CFU/100 mL. We conclude that these WWTPs are important point sources of pollution in surface water with potential public health and ecological risks. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | en_US |
dc.subject | final effluent | en_US |
dc.subject | wastewater | en_US |
dc.subject | Vibrio | en_US |
dc.subject | E. coli | en_US |
dc.subject | physicochemical | en_US |
dc.subject | public health | en_US |
dc.title | Assessment of the Physicochemical Qualities and Prevalence of Escherichia coli and Vibrios in the Final Effluents of Two Wastewater Treatment Plants in South Africa: Ecological and Public Health Implications | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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