Assessment of Physicochemical parameters of Freshwater and Tap Water in Suez Canal Region, Egypt

Randa Moustafa

doi:10.21608/rpbs.2019.17028.1038

Abstract

The objective of this study was to monitor the freshwater quality in Suez Canal region, Egypt and to determine the efficacy of water treatment system in the removal of contaminates. The hydrographic parameters recorded were air and water temperatures, pH, electric conductivity (EC), turbidity, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen content (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solids (TDS), nitrate, nitrite, ammonium and phosphates. All measured physicochemical parameters of fresh water samples are within the acceptable limits except chemical oxygen demand (COD) is above the acceptable limits but all measured physicochemical parameters of treated (tap) water samples are within the acceptable limits.this may be due to dumping of animal waste and the presence of a number of sewage pipes that empty into the canal, but all measured physicochemical parameters of treated (tap) water samples are within the acceptable limits. further check should be done regularly to ascertain the accumulation of toxic substances.

Highlights

Access to safe drinking water is important as a health and development issue at a national, regional and local level
The variables chosen in a monitoring programme will depend on the programme objectives and on both existing and anticipated uses of the water
Selecting the variables to include in a monitoring programme will often require a compromise

Summary

Introduction

Access to safe drinking water is important as a health and development issue at a national, regional and local level. The quality of water may be described in terms of the concentration and state (dissolved or particulate) of some or all of the organic and inorganic material present in the water, together with certain physical characteristics of the water It is determined by in situ measurements and by examination of water samples on site or in the laboratory. World health organization (WHO) has published guidelines for water quality monitoring (Bartram and Balance, 1996) including all the requirements for establishing a water monitoring programme, principles of sampling , containers used for sampling and standard methods of analysis WHO had published guidelines for drinking-water quality (WHO, 2011). Egyptian standard specifications for drinking water (ESSDW) are regulated by the minister of health decision number 458/2007 It includes physical, chemical, microbial and radiological upper limits that must not be exceeded in water for drinking purposes. All of these parameters were determined according to 21st Edition (APHA, 2005) (Greenberg et al, 2005)

Experimental

Results and Discussion

Alkalinity

4.Conclusion