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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Water Quality Management
  • Statistical Analysis

Background:

  • Untreated wastewater discharge from industrial and domestic sources poses significant risks to river ecosystems and human health.
  • Understanding spatial and seasonal variations in wastewater quality is crucial for effective pollution control.
  • Existing methods for wastewater analysis can be time-consuming and costly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a faster and cost-effective methodology for assessing wastewater quality.
  • To estimate spatial and seasonal variations in wastewater quality.
  • To identify and apportion the sources influencing wastewater quality using multivariate statistical techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Collection of wastewater samples from five stations along a river.
  • Application of multivariate statistical techniques, including cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA).
  • Univariate analysis of principal component (PC) scores to confirm groupings and pollutant levels.

Main Results:

  • PCA indicated that all sampling stations were influenced by a mixture of sewage and industrial effluents.
  • Cluster analysis identified three distinct groups of sampling stations (central, upstream, downstream) based on wastewater similarity.
  • Wastewater pollutant concentrations varied significantly across groups and seasons, with highest levels in low-flow periods and lowest in high-flow periods.

Conclusions:

  • The developed multivariate statistical approach provides a reliable method for classifying wastewater and identifying pollution sources.
  • The methodology offers a faster and more cost-effective alternative for future wastewater quality investigations, potentially reducing costs by 11%.
  • Findings support targeted interventions for managing river water quality influenced by mixed effluent discharges.