Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.

The purpose of this proposal is to investigate and study the impacts of solid waste leachate on surface water quality. A case study on Kabuturumba stream in Mbarara city. There has been an increasing contamination of surface water sources due to poor methods of waste disposal around Mbarara city and...

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Main Author: Rubarema, Paul
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Language:English
Published: Kabale University 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2280
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description The purpose of this proposal is to investigate and study the impacts of solid waste leachate on surface water quality. A case study on Kabuturumba stream in Mbarara city. There has been an increasing contamination of surface water sources due to poor methods of waste disposal around Mbarara city and Uganda at large. This study was carried out in different seasons of the year where by samples were collected in dry season and wet season. Different pollution hotspots where also considered in the upstream before joining the stream to clearly understand their potential impacts these points included Coca cola outlet, pearl diary discharge stream and Lubiri stream joining Kabuturumba stream from Kisenyi via Makenke barracks. Different physiochemical and biological parameters were tested in the laboratory. like pH/EC, turbidity, BOD, TDS TSS, heavy metal, bacteriological parameters such the presence of Total coliforms fecal coliforms and E. coli. Different parameters such as COD and BOD levels were found to be extremely high than the environmental standards but later on the hypofiltration or the cleansing capacity of the wetland around the stream helped on reducing them down the stream and almost reached the environmental standards, nutrient levels such as phosphates and Nitrates were also above the recommended values, bacteriological status was extremely higher and later on reduced downstream. The results indicate a level of surface water pollution and toxicities of these pollutants and their threat to human health. The seasonal effects were manifested in that the levels of pollutants increased in wet seasons as compared to dry seasons, this could have been caused by increased surface runoff during wet seasons. The study also indicates that some parameters and pollutants were affected by distance from the dumpsite while others were not.
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spelling oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-22802024-08-07T00:00:51Z Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream. Rubarema, Paul Impact Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Surface Water Quality Kabuturumba Stream The purpose of this proposal is to investigate and study the impacts of solid waste leachate on surface water quality. A case study on Kabuturumba stream in Mbarara city. There has been an increasing contamination of surface water sources due to poor methods of waste disposal around Mbarara city and Uganda at large. This study was carried out in different seasons of the year where by samples were collected in dry season and wet season. Different pollution hotspots where also considered in the upstream before joining the stream to clearly understand their potential impacts these points included Coca cola outlet, pearl diary discharge stream and Lubiri stream joining Kabuturumba stream from Kisenyi via Makenke barracks. Different physiochemical and biological parameters were tested in the laboratory. like pH/EC, turbidity, BOD, TDS TSS, heavy metal, bacteriological parameters such the presence of Total coliforms fecal coliforms and E. coli. Different parameters such as COD and BOD levels were found to be extremely high than the environmental standards but later on the hypofiltration or the cleansing capacity of the wetland around the stream helped on reducing them down the stream and almost reached the environmental standards, nutrient levels such as phosphates and Nitrates were also above the recommended values, bacteriological status was extremely higher and later on reduced downstream. The results indicate a level of surface water pollution and toxicities of these pollutants and their threat to human health. The seasonal effects were manifested in that the levels of pollutants increased in wet seasons as compared to dry seasons, this could have been caused by increased surface runoff during wet seasons. The study also indicates that some parameters and pollutants were affected by distance from the dumpsite while others were not. 2024-08-06T14:31:25Z 2024-08-06T14:31:25Z 2024 Thesis Rubarema, Paul (2024). Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream. Kabale: Kabale University. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2280 en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ application/pdf Kabale University
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Municipal Solid
Waste Leachate
Surface Water Quality
Kabuturumba Stream
Rubarema, Paul
Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title_full Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title_fullStr Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title_short Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate on Surface Water Quality: A Case Study on Kabuturumba Stream.
title_sort impact of municipal solid waste leachate on surface water quality a case study on kabuturumba stream
topic Impact
Municipal Solid
Waste Leachate
Surface Water Quality
Kabuturumba Stream
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2280
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