Seawater desalination is one of the major industrial activities along the coastline of Kuwait that poses profound environmental impact on the quality of seawater.This study focuses on investigating the potential conta...Seawater desalination is one of the major industrial activities along the coastline of Kuwait that poses profound environmental impact on the quality of seawater.This study focuses on investigating the potential contamination of biocides,volatile organic hydrocarbons(VOCs)and other halogenated hydrocarbons discharged from Az-Zour desalination plant.Chemical contamination by residual chlorine(RC)and some VOCs was detected in effluents from inside and at the vicinity of the plant.RC ranged between 0.15 and 0.49 mg/L while bromoform(CHBr3)was the highest of all the VOCs detected and ranged between 0.22 and 3.30μg/L.Benzinoides(benzene,toluene,xylene and ethylbenzene)were also detected at 0.1μg/L and 0.25μg/L.The levels of RC as measured in the vicinity of the Az-Zour plant are below the limit set up by Kuwait EPA.However,it still poses effects to the nearby aquatic life and therefore,it is important to lower the concentration of RC in the discharge effluent.展开更多
文摘Seawater desalination is one of the major industrial activities along the coastline of Kuwait that poses profound environmental impact on the quality of seawater.This study focuses on investigating the potential contamination of biocides,volatile organic hydrocarbons(VOCs)and other halogenated hydrocarbons discharged from Az-Zour desalination plant.Chemical contamination by residual chlorine(RC)and some VOCs was detected in effluents from inside and at the vicinity of the plant.RC ranged between 0.15 and 0.49 mg/L while bromoform(CHBr3)was the highest of all the VOCs detected and ranged between 0.22 and 3.30μg/L.Benzinoides(benzene,toluene,xylene and ethylbenzene)were also detected at 0.1μg/L and 0.25μg/L.The levels of RC as measured in the vicinity of the Az-Zour plant are below the limit set up by Kuwait EPA.However,it still poses effects to the nearby aquatic life and therefore,it is important to lower the concentration of RC in the discharge effluent.
