Assessment Of Wastewater From El Bagair Industrial Area

This study was carried out at El Bagair Industrial Area in El Jazeera state to determine the industrial effluent characteristic, their effect on ground water and their impact to environment. In this study data of four ground water samples at four different locations at El Bagair Industrial Area were analyzed and were compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) standard and American Secondary Standard for Drinking Water. The quality of water samples were moderately hard to very hard, but for chemical and physical characteristics they lie within the acceptable limits. Physical and chemical parameters analyzed were: colour, pH, odour, total hardness, total solids, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Sulphate, Nitrate, and Fluoride. Most of the factories in El Bagair Industrial Area have no pretreatment plant units therefore characteristic of wastewater were not conforming to standard limits. The factories have no sewer network system, no central treatment plant and no monitoring and quality control of effluents. Four factories in El Bagair Industrial Area were selected for this investigation. They are:- 1- Afrotan tannery 2- Starch &Glucose Factory 3- Textile 4- Edible Vegetable Oil Factory (SMA) The data collected were for some chemical characteristic of industrial effluents sewages: BOD, COD, SS, oil & grease, TDS, Cr+6 and Pb