Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq

Abstract

The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the wastewater treatment station in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in the city of Ramadi. Samples were collected from the treatment plant (water entering the station and treated water) during the two study seasons (summer and winter). As some physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the water entering the station and the treated water were studied to find out the efficiency of this station. It included the physical properties (temperature and conductivity), while the chemical properties included (pH, chloride, total hardness, nitrates, and COD, Oils, greases and dissolved oxygen). Biological characteristics include the biological requirement for oxygen. As it was noted that the efficiency of the station in getting rid of the conductivity is 18.38the chloride is 6.79%, the total hardness is 55.58%, the nitrates are 26.3%, and the COD is 30.6%, while the efficiency of the station for the disposal of oils and greases was 40.5% and BOD 49.23%,. The results of the study showed that the use of the water coming out of the station for irrigation and drinking purposes is not valid because some of the determinants exceeded the permissible limit.