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Trends in Green chem
ISSN: 2471-9889
Environmental & Green Chemistry 2017
July 24-26, 2017
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Water quality of the Chelif River in the Mostaganem area (North-West of Algeria)
Batoul Benkaddour
Mostaganem University, Algeria
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his study concerned the water quality of Chelif River, located in the north-west of Algeria which is the most important permanent
river of the country. These waters are used for irrigation and drinking water supply. Unfortunately, several towns discharged
their wastewater directly into the Chelif River without any treatment which presented a risk for environment and human health. The
sampling strategy was based on water samples collected along the watercourse in the Mostaganem area close to the river mouth. One
sample was collected on upstream of domestic wastewater discharge point, one sample was collected on downstream of the same
domestic wastewater discharge point and one sample was collected close to the river mouth. One sample was also collected directly
in the domestic wastewater discharge. Sampling was realized seasonally (February, April, August, and December 2015). All samples
were stored in the dark at 4°C before analysis. The physicochemical parameters measured were: pH, conductivity, Chemical Oxygen
Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD
5
), chloride, nitrates, nitrites, and the total suspended matter (TSM). The urban
pollution was monitored through the analysis of tryptophan (tracer of the urban wastewater). The trace metals were also analyzed:
Pb, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, As and Cd. The urban rejection was characterized by higher concentrations in winter with: COD: 744 mg O
2
/l,
BOD5: 340 mg O
2
/l, Cl
-
: 575, 1 mg/l, TSM: 390 mg/l, Cr: 120 µg/l, tryptophan: 5 µmol/l. At the same season, we have observed the
impact of the wastewater discharge on the watercourse through the increase of 6.5% of parameter concentrations (COD, BOD
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, Cl
-
,
Cr) between upstream and downstream of the domestic wastewater discharge. On the other hand, the station located close to the river
mouth presented higher values in autumn with: COD: 576 mg O
2
/l, BOD
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: 140 mg O
2
/l, Zn: 117 µg/l, Ni: 28 µg/l. The present work
allowed to evaluate the impact of anthropogenic pollution on the water quality of Chelif River.
Biography
Batoul Benkaddour is a PhD student in her third year. She prepared her thesis title: “Contribution to the contamination of waters and sediment of Chelif river
(Algeria)” between the University of Mostaganem in Algeria and the University of Perpignan in France. She carried out this research to evaluate the water quality of
the Chelif river, the greatest watercourse in Algeria. The present work is included in the framework of the improvement of the Chelif’s water quality, which is used for
drinking water supply and irrigation. The obtained results allowed alerting the responsibility to implement water treatment systems before discharging wastewaters
in watercourse.
batoul1990@live.frBatoul Benkaddour, Trends in Green chem, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9889-C1-002