Surface Water Pollution from Urban and Industrial Waste – A Case Study of the Lumbardhi River Flow, Prizren (Kosovo)

• Autorzy: Gashi Sami , Sofiu Vehbi , Balaj Nexhat

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12912/27197050/169385

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Surface water pollution is mainly due to large urbanization, agricultural waste and discharges of production. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pollutant parameters of surface waters effluents contaminated by synthetic detergents and organic chemical substances. During the study, the following physico-chemical parameters were analyzed: phosphate ion (PO₄³⁻), total phosphate (TP), sodium tripolyphosphate (Na₅P₃O₁₀), sodium perborate (NaBO₃n H₂O ), ammonium (NH₄⁺), nitrate (NO⁻₃), nitrite (NO₂−), water temp. (°C), and hydrogen ion concentration (pH). The correlation between the source water and the current level of pollution of this river was measured in four locations: (Prevalla L₁ ; Reqane L₂; City park L₃; Vlashnje L₄) along the surface course of the Lumbardhi River in Prizren. From the results of the study for both time periods, the chemical parameters values of phosphate ion (PO₄³⁻) for May, 2022 according to monitoring of physico-chemical parameters in Lumbardhi River in Prizren were 0.01. The value of total phosphate (TP) was 0.002, for sodium tripolyphosphate (Na₅P₃O₁₀). The water quality of the Lumbardhi river directly depends on the amount of flows in the river. Poor quality of the water is more pronounced during the month of October, when the amount of flows in the river is smaller. Location (L₃) had higher pollution as a result of the discharge of urban sewage and city waste. Research has shown the presence of different forms of phosphorus that are higher in the (L₂ and L₃) locations.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

water; pollution; Lumbardhi river; ammonium; NH4+; nitrate; NO3-; total phosphate; Prizren

• Wydawca: Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology ; WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe
• Czasopismo: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, iss. 7
• Strony: 30--37
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Gashi Sami

• UBT - Higher Education Institution, Lagja Kalabria, Str. Rexhep Krasniqi No. 56, Prishtine, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-5635

autor

Sofiu Vehbi

• UBT - Higher Education Institution, Lagja Kalabria, Str. Rexhep Krasniqi No. 56, Prishtine, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-598X

autor

Balaj Nexhat

• UBT - Higher Education Institution, Lagja Kalabria, Str. Rexhep Krasniqi No. 56, Prishtine, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-8652

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