Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt
Abd-Elfattah, E., Sheta, A., Saifeldeen, M., Hassanein, S., Mahmoud, Y. (2021). Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 29(2), 801-811. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320
Eman Ali Abd-Elfattah; Abd El Azeez Sheta; Mohammed Saifeldeen; Somaya A. Hassanein; Yahia I. Mahmoud. "Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 29, 2, 2021, 801-811. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320
Abd-Elfattah, E., Sheta, A., Saifeldeen, M., Hassanein, S., Mahmoud, Y. (2021). 'Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 29(2), pp. 801-811. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320
Abd-Elfattah, E., Sheta, A., Saifeldeen, M., Hassanein, S., Mahmoud, Y. Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 29(2): 801-811. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320

Assessment of Water and Sediments Quality of Kitchener Drain Nile Delta - Egypt

Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Article 25, Volume 29, Issue 2, August 2021, Page 801-811  XML PDF (350.27 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2021.55062.1320
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Authors
Eman Ali Abd-Elfattah email orcid 1; Abd El Azeez Sheta2; Mohammed Saifeldeen2; Somaya A. Hassanein1; Yahia I. Mahmoud1
1Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
2Soil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Kitchener drain isconsideredone of the largest drains in the Nile delta. The current study aimed to assess water quality and level of some chemical and biological pollutants in both the water and sediments of Kitchener drain. The studied water quality parameters included nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS), in addition, water and sediment samples were exposed to bacteriological analysis which included, total coliform (TC) bacteria, faecal coliform (FC) bacteria and Salmonella&Shigella (SS). The results showed that nitrate (NO3-) and phosphate (PO43-) concentrations in most sampling sides were within the permitted Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) limits for irrigation water. In addition, all the values of total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids concentrations (TDS) in El-Gharbia governorate were higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) permitted limits. Bacteriological results revealed that most sampling sites were contaminated with both TC and FC bacteria where, the counts of them in the water samples exceeded the 1,000 CFU/100 ml which is higher than the WHO limits. In addition, the counts of studied organisms in all examined sediment samples were higher compared to water samples. Based on these results the water in Kitchener drain is considered unsuitablefor domestic and agricultural purposes. 
Keywords
Water quality; Kitchener drain; Total coliform (TC); Faecal coliform (FC)
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