Surface water pollution from food activities in the course of Lumbardhi
Session
Agriculture, Food Science and Technology
Description
This research, based on some physical-chemical parameters, shows whether the surface waters are polluted by the discharges of food industries in the Prizren area. We analyzed eight samples in the months of June 2021 and 2022 in accordance with the standards of the Hydrometerological Institute of Kosovo. Water samples were collected at the source of the Lumbardhi stream as a reference point and during its course one sample before entering the city of Prizren and one sample after leaving the city (rural area, urban area) and the fourth sample before the discharge into the Drini river White. Our research is based on several parameters, the values of which indicate whether the surface waters in the Lumbardh river of Prizren are polluted by the discharge waters that are generated by the different food production industries that develop their activity in this area. From the results obtained in our study, we noticed that the water taken at the first sampling site L1 in the source was clean for both years in the same time period, while the other samples that we analyzed had significant changes at points L2, L3 and L4 especially parameters such as: Biological need for Oxygen, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Concentrations of Total Suspended Materials, Ammonium Ion, Nitrates and Nitrites. Almost all pollutant parameters had higher values, in the third sample (L3) taken in the urban area in June 2021, compared to the pollutant parameters in June 2022. In some parameters, there were also excesses of the allowed values.
Keywords:
MTS (Suspended Dissolved Materials), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD5 (Biological Oxygen Demand), NO3 (Nitrates), NO2 (Nitrites)
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.340
Recommended Citation
Gashi, Sami; Ukaj, Shkëlzim; Kryeziu, Fadil; Sofiu, Vehebi; and Morina, Riad, "Surface water pollution from food activities in the course of Lumbardhi" (2022). UBT International Conference. 349.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/349
Surface water pollution from food activities in the course of Lumbardhi
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
This research, based on some physical-chemical parameters, shows whether the surface waters are polluted by the discharges of food industries in the Prizren area. We analyzed eight samples in the months of June 2021 and 2022 in accordance with the standards of the Hydrometerological Institute of Kosovo. Water samples were collected at the source of the Lumbardhi stream as a reference point and during its course one sample before entering the city of Prizren and one sample after leaving the city (rural area, urban area) and the fourth sample before the discharge into the Drini river White. Our research is based on several parameters, the values of which indicate whether the surface waters in the Lumbardh river of Prizren are polluted by the discharge waters that are generated by the different food production industries that develop their activity in this area. From the results obtained in our study, we noticed that the water taken at the first sampling site L1 in the source was clean for both years in the same time period, while the other samples that we analyzed had significant changes at points L2, L3 and L4 especially parameters such as: Biological need for Oxygen, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Concentrations of Total Suspended Materials, Ammonium Ion, Nitrates and Nitrites. Almost all pollutant parameters had higher values, in the third sample (L3) taken in the urban area in June 2021, compared to the pollutant parameters in June 2022. In some parameters, there were also excesses of the allowed values.