Quantification Of Physico-Chemical Characteristics And Modeling Faecal Sludge Nutrients From Kampala City Slum Pit Latrines
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2016
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Int. J. Res. Eng. Adv. Technol
Abstract
Failure to quantify nutrients in feacal sludge usually leads to its poor disposal resulting into surface water and groundwater pollution. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine and model the distribution of nutrients in pit latrine sludge as a step towards reuse of available nutrients. Sampling was done at 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 m depths from 31 lined and 31 unlined latrines during rainy and dry season. Physico-chemical characteristics such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), dissolved oxygen (DO), moisture content, temperature and nutrients including ammonia,nitrate, total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were determined. Results indicated that COD, temperature and DO decreased and moisture content increased with sludge depth. There was no significant variation (P˃0.05) in nutrients and physico-chemical properties except COD. Strong correlations of R2
Adj ˃ 0.85 were obtained between modeled and measured values. The relative root mean square error of the predicted nutrients was less than 10%. Results revealed that the model is good estimator phosphorus concentrations in lined pits followed by total nitrogen in unlined pits and nitrates in lined pits.
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: Nutrients, faecal sludge, latrines, modeling, sanitation
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Kimuli, D., Zziwa, A., Banadda, N., Kabenge, I., Kiggundu, N., Kambugu, R., ... & Kigozi, J. (2016). Quantification of physico-chemical characteristics and modeling faecal sludge nutrients from Kampala city slum pit latrines. Int. J. Res. Eng. Adv. Technol, 3(6), 129-141.