Major pollutants in waste water stream and their sources in fertilizer industry
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Answer:
Some of these pollutants are pathogenic microorganisms, phosphorous and nitrogen, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and organic matter.
Explanation:
Due to extensive industrialization and increase in population density and urbanized societies, the world is faced with problems related to the management of wastewater. The major of water related infections such as chlorea, thyphoid fever, diarrheoa and others are caused by pathogenic microorganisms in water.The main sources of these microbial contaminants in waste water are human and animal wastes.
In addition, the danger of non bio degradable pollutants in water is their ability to persist in natural eco systems for an extended period and have their ability to accumulate in successive levels of the biological food chain. As a result of these negative affects, a number of processes are in place for the treatment of waste water affluence before discharge into receiving water bodies.