Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan

Author: Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/2.4.7

Keyword: Environmental Impacts, Liquid waste, Assalaya Sugar Factory, SPSS.

Abstract: The study aimed to assess the environmental health impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory, the efficiency of the existing Assalaya effluent treatment plant, the dilution factors available in the White Nile to gather with wastewater environmental impacts. A descriptive cross-sectional focused on the Factory and its neighborhoods. Four hundred and thirty two out of 3931 households were statistically determined as the sample size, the individual samples were picked using multi-stage stratified method 432 households selected as sample size. Data were collected by using structured questionnaires, field observations, laboratory analysis and interviewing the concerned and affected persons. The effluent load discharged from the factory into the Al - jassir canal at the White Nile was analyzed for BOD, COD, pH, PO4, TDS, TSS, Turbidity, Color, and flow rate.The Data were processed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16, Chi-square test, test associations and office excel 2007. The study showed that Eighty one percent of the households used the surplus irrigation canal as a source for water supply. 64% of the respondents suffered from diarrhea, vomiting and allergic diseases, the rather low rate of water consumption and the bad quality of water consumed were reflected adversely on hygiene and consequently increased water related diseases. The study concludes that always or sometime 49.5% of the water collectors were children and used animals and plastic containers for water collection and transportation. The conducted laboratory water analysis revealed that the average concentrations of PO4, COD and BOD of the raw wastewater produced by Assalaya Sugar Factory were 4260, 3800 and 1500 mg/l, respectively, these values were above the WHO recommended concentrations for the disposed treated effluent (2, 250 and 30 mg/L respectively). As to physical analysis; the turbidity on the average was higher (540 NTU) and the color was (854 TCU) also high.

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Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh et al."Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 2, no. 4, 2017, pp.1493-1504 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.7

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Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh, P.(2017).Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), 1493-1504.10.22161/ijeab/2.4.7

Chicago

Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh, P.(2017).Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), pp.1493-1504.

Harvard

Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh. 2017."Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4):1493-1504.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.7

IEEE

Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh."Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.2,no. 4, pp.1493-1504,2017.

Bibtex

@article { khatirm.k.ahmed2017environmental,
title={Environmental Impacts of the liquid waste from Assalaya Sugar Factory in Rabek Locality, White Nile State, Sudan},
author={Khatir M. K. Ahmed, Mona A. Haroun, Jazem A. Mahyoub, H.M. Al-Solami, Hamed A. Ghramh , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={2},
year= {2017} ,
}