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- Title
Relieving the water shortage crisis of Algeria by reusing treated wastewater lagoons.
- Authors
Mounira, Chachoua; Seddini, Abdelali; Benameur, Said
- Abstract
The natural lagoon is the most suitable system for rural areas, where there is a large agricultural activity that requires a large consumption of water. Consequently, if the natural lagoon allows wastewater to have a quality consistent with the standards of agricultural reuse, then the problem of water shortages faced by the agriculture sector in Algeria could be relieved. The aim of this work was to study the purification performance of natural lagoons in Algeria. The following four stations were studied: Sidi Senoussi, Sidi Safi, El Maleh, and Amir Ebdel Kader. Incoming and outgoing waters of these lagoons were analyzed by the following parameters: alkalinity, total suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, ammonium (N-), nitrate N-, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, and microbiological parameters. These analyses were carried out twice a month, during the years 2010, 2011, and 2012. The results indicated that the natural lagoon alone is not sufficient to produce clean water with an adequate quality to meet the standards for agricultural reuse.
- Subjects
ALGERIA; WATER shortages; WASTEWATER treatment; LAGOONS; BIOCHEMICAL oxygen demand; CHEMICAL oxygen demand; PREVENTION
- Publication
Desalination & Water Treatment, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 32, p15250
- ISSN
1944-3994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19443994.2015.1070752