M. Tech. Water Care. / Aims determining whether inadequate treatment of wastewater and the faecal pollution load of effluents and receiving water bodies in Sedibeng District and Soshanguve peri-urban area of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality were a function of population growth. To achieve the aim of this study, the following objectives were pursued: Assess the variation in nutrient load and compliance of the physicochemical quality of effluents and receiving water bodies in terms of the South African and World Health Organization standards. Furthermore, the water quality index was also used to assess the overall physicochemical quality status of effluent and receiving water bodies. Assess the compliance of the microbial quality of effluents of the four wastewater treatment plants and their respective receiving water bodies in terms of the South African and World Health Organization limits. Determine the prevalence of Salmonella Typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae and Vibrio cholerae in the targeted wastewater treatment works effluent and their respective receiving water bodies. Determine the possible public health risks of Escherichia coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae and Vibrio cholerae infections that could be acquired due to ingestion of or exposure to untreated water from the targeted receiving water bodies. Capture information regarding population growth and wastewater treatment plants in Sedibeng District and Soshanguve peri-urban area of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and determine whether under performance of the targeted wastewater treatment works could be attributed to population growth.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001097 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Teklehaimanot, Giorgis Zekristos. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
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