scholarly journals Evolution of the physico-chemical water quality in the Nam Theun 2 Reservoir and downstream rivers for the first 5 years after impoundment

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 27-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Chanudet ◽  
P. Guédant ◽  
W. Rode ◽  
A. Godon ◽  
F. Guérin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Chemical Water

Evaluation of Water Quality Indices Adequacy in Characterizing the Physico-Chemical Water Quality of Lakes

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (S1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Trikoilidou ◽  
Georgios Samiotis ◽  
Lazaros Tsikritzis ◽  
Theodoros Kevrekidis ◽  
Elisavet Amanatidou
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Indices ◽  
Water Quality Indices ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Chemical Water

scholarly journals Suspended silt concentrations in the lower Olifants River (Mpumalanga) and the impact of silt releases from the Phalaborwa Barrage on water quality and fish survival

Koedoe ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Buermann ◽  
H.H. Du Preez ◽  
G.J. Steyn ◽  
J.T. Harmse ◽  
A. Deacon
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
National Park ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Concentration Changes ◽  
Olifants River ◽  
Fish Survival ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chemical Water

Silt loads in the Olifants and Sabie river systems inside the Kruger National Park, were monitored by collecting water samples every consecutive week for a period of 20 months. The variation in silt concentration, changes in selected physico-chemical water quality variables and fish mortalities during flushing (i.e. release of silt, by sluicing) of the Phalaborwa Barrage, were also monitored. The Olifants River inside the Kruger National Park carried high silt loads in summer; in the dry season the suspensoid load was greatly reduced. A similar pattern was observed in the Sabie River, but the silt loads were generally lower. It was apparent that silt loads released from the Phalaborwa Barrage led to large variations in the natural silt loads of the Olifants River. These increased amounts of silt (25 000 mg/1 to >70 000 mg/1) caused drastic reductions in the dissolved oxygen concentration of the water, ranging from >6 mg/1 to 0 mg/1. Depending on the severity and duration of the flushing, fish succumb to such silt loads. These findings, as well as published information, indicate that the management strategy of flushing to improve storage capacity is ecological unacceptable. It is therefore suggested that the use of the Phalaborwa Barrage as a future reservoir should be critically re-evaluated.

Evolution of physico-chemical water quality and methane emissions in the tropical hydroelectric reservoir of Petit Saut (French Guiana)

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1454-1458
Author(s):  
Sandrine Richard ◽  
Corinne Galy-Lacaux ◽  
André Arnoux ◽  
Philippe Cerdan ◽  
Robert Delmas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Methane Emissions ◽  
Hydroelectric Reservoir ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Petit Saut ◽  
Chemical Water

Occurrence and ecology of Geissleria declivis

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Rakowska ◽  
Ewelina Szczepocka
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Diatom Species ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Chemical Water ◽  
Zone Water

AbstractIn the microbenthos of the Czarna Staszowska River (south-eastern Poland), the diatom Geissleria declivis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin, a species rarely noted in Poland, but also in Europe and the world, was recorded. In this study, the taxonomic, morphological and ecological analysis of the diatom species is presented. Also, the specific geological structure of the region of Poland, and physico-chemical water parameters of the river where the species was now observed, are described. The water of that section of the river where G. declivis occurred is included in the oligosaprobic to beta-mesosaprobic zone (Water Quality Class I-II). Limestone and gypsum are the main components of the geological structure of the river valley. Accompanying species of G. declivis were: Achnanthes pusilla (Grun.) De Toni, Amphora copulata (Kütz.) Schoem. & Arch., Fragilaria brevistriata Grun. in Van Heurck, Fragilaria pinnata Ehr., Geissleria decussis (Hust.) Lange-B. & Metz., Hippodonta capitata (Ehr.) Lange-B., Metz. & Witk., Hippodonta costulata (Grun.) Lange-B., Metz. & Witk., Navicula concentrica Carter, Navicula cryptocephala Kütz., Navicula novaesiberica Lange-B., Navicula rostellata Kütz., Nitzschia archibaldii Lange-B., Parlibellus protractoides (Hust.) Witk., Lange-B. & Metz. Taxa that are indicators of very good water quality were: Achnanthes peragalli Brun & Heribaud, Achnanthes subatomoides (Hust.) Lange-B. & Arch., Achnanthidium kranzii (Lange-B.) Round & Bukht., Cymbopleura hybrida (Grun.) Kram., Navicula densilineolata (Lange-B.) Lange-B., Navicula notha Wallace, Nitzschia fibulafissa Lange-B. Taxa preferring waters rich in calcium and chalk were: Aneumastus stroesei (Ostrup) Mann & Stickle, Diploneis parma Cleve, Hippodonta lueneburgensis (Grun.) Lange-B., Metz. & Witk., Navicula gottlandica Grun. in Van Heurck, Navicula jakovljevicii Hust., Navicula moskalii Metz., Witk. & Lange-B., Sellaphora mutatoides Lange-B. & Metz., Sellaphora pseudopupula (Krasske) Lange-B. Navicula oppugnata Hust.

scholarly journals Water Quality and Dynamic of Schistosomiasis Intermediate Host Snails in the Lake Areas, District of So-Ava, Southern Benin

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moudachirou Ibikounlé1 ◽  
Ablavi A. Onzo-Aboki ◽  
Elokou Alabi ◽  
Samoussou Dine Mahama ◽  
Samoussou Dine Mahama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
Freshwater Snails ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Chemical Water

Objectives: Urinary schistosomiasis is known to be endemic in the lake Nokoué areas of the District of So-Ava. For the past ten years, the National Control Programme for Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Health has been making efforts to control schistosomiaisis morbidity through mass drug treatment with Praziquantel. This study aimed to assess the diversity and dynamic of potential snails known as schistosomiasis intermediate hosts. Methodology and Results: This study was carried out for 12 months (from July 2015 to June 2016) and consisted in the periodical analysis of the physical and chemical water parameters (temperature, oxygen concentration, pH, nitrite and nitrate rates. Salinity, total dissolved solids (TDS) and, biochemical oxygen demand) in relation with diversity, distribution and relative abundance of freshwater snails (Bulinus forskalii, B. globosus and B. truncatus). To this end, seven harvesting sites on Lake Nokoué were, reasonably selected for monthly hydrobiological and malacological data monitoring. The results showed a variable correlation between the dynamic of schistosomiasis intermediate host snailsm and several physico-chemical water parameters. Bulinus globosus was negatively influenced by salinity and nitrate rates while B. forskalii was negatively influenced by pH, Oxygen, TDS, salinity and nitrate rates. The three species of freshwater snails were strongly influenced by the water temperature. Conclusion: The results suggest a seasonal schistosome transmission induced by the seasonal dynamic of intermediate host snails. Water quality seems appropriate to the development of host snails from December to March and would be the strong period of schistosomiasis transmission. However, furthermore studies will need for well understanding the dynamic transmission necessary for developing adapted strategy control.

scholarly journals Monsoonal plankton distribution and physico-chemical water qualities in a rain-fed lake in Noakhali, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
NAJMUS SAKIB KHAN ◽  
MD SAIFUL ISLAM ◽  
JABER BIN ABDUL BARI ◽  
MD MOSTOFA KAMAL
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Total Suspended Solids ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Plankton Distribution ◽  
Chemical Water

The study focused on the monsoonal distribution of plankton in a rain fed partial lake inSonapur, Noakhali district, Bangladesh. Three sampling sites were chosen between Sonapur zero point andNoakhali Science and Technology University. Four groups of phytoplankton such as Chlorophyceae (11genera), Bacillariophyceae (6 genera), Cyanophyceae (6 genera) and Euglenophyceae (3 genera) andfour groups of zooplankton such as Rotifera (10 genera), Cladocera (3 genera), Copepode (2 genera) andCrustacea (2 genera) were identified. The lake was found to be organic polluted (Palmer’s algal pollutionindex value: 22.33). The average wet land zooplankton index (WZI) value of this lake was estimated 3.72means moderate water quality. During the sampling periods some important physico-chemical parameterslike temperature (29-30 ?C), pH (7.8-8.2), transparency (6.5-13.50 cm), free CO2 (8.00-12.00 mg/l), totalalkalinity (13.00-14.50 mg/l), ammonia (0.1-0.5 mg/l), nitrate (0.05-0.25 mg/l), nitrite (0.03-0.07),phosphate (0.1-0.9 mg/l), dissolved oxygen (2-3.5 mg/l) and total suspended solids (4.0×10-4-5.3×10-4mg/l) were also determined as supporting water quality statement.

Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Areas Surrounding Thundulu Phosphate Mine, Phalombe District, Malawi

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 1310-1321
Author(s):  
Philip Jailos ◽  
Peter J. Chimtali ◽  
Ephraim Vunain
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Faecal Coliforms ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Phosphate Mine ◽  
Calcium And Magnesium ◽  
Chemical Water

Water is one of the renewable resources essential for sustaining all forms of life and quality of drinking water is very fundamental for human health. Human activities such as mining act as sources of water contamination which consequently lead to ecological, environmental and health problems. To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted around the Thundulu Phosphate Mine to establish the quality of drinking water. In this regard, this study was carried out to evaluate the physico-chemical water quality parameters of areas surrounding the Thundulu Phosphate Mine in Phalombe District. Groundwater samples from the villages surrounding the Phosphate Mine were collected both during the wet and dry seasons for analysis of physico-chemical water quality parameters (pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, nitrate, chloride, sulphate, fluoride, iron, calcium and magnesium). The study also investigated microbiological water characteristics mainly Escherichia coli and faecal coliforms. Results showed that pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, nitrate, chloride, sulphate, phosphate, calcium and magnesium complied with the national and international standards set by Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) and World Health Organization (WHO). As regards to microbiological characteristics, it was revealed that water from three sources (B2, B3 and B4) was contaminated with Escherichia coli and faecal coliforms. Keywords:       Physico-chemical; Groundwater; Phalombe; Borehole; Electrical Conductivity; Turbidity; Phosphate;

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