WASTEWATER QUALITY PARAMETERS AND METHANE PRODUCTION IN DANDORA ESTATE SEWERAGE TREATMENT WORKS, NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
Keywords:
Wastewater Quality Parameters, Methane Production, Dandora Estate Sewerage Treatment WorksAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish wastewater quality parameters and methane production in Dandora Estate Sewerage Treatment Works, Nairobi City County, Kenya
Methods: Dandora Estate Sewerage Treatment Works has 38 ponds in eight series. There are two anaerobic ponds, six primary facultative ponds, eight secondary facultative ponds and twenty-two maturation ponds. Methane production can occur in a pond exceeding a depth of two meters, therefore anaerobic ponds (4.7 meters) and facultative ponds (2.7 meters) were considered. Laboratory research was performed to measure the amount of biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total solids, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and wastewater inflow and outflow volumes.
Results: The findings of the study revealed that Methane production is dependent on typical wastewater parameters such as pH, BOD, COD, TOW and temperature. Total organics in the wastewater is directly proportional to methane production and has a t-value of 6.425. pH and methane production have a negative correlation of -0.297 in the domestic wastewater and -0.335 from industrial sources. Increase in pH above neutral pH value 7 leads to increased alkalinity leading to reduced enzyme activity thus reduction of methane production. BOD and COD in the wastewater is affected by total organics in the wastewater. BOD is directly proportional to methane production and has a correlation value 1.0 with a t-value -5.431. COD and methane production have a correlation of 0.75. Methane production is affected my both BOD and COD in the wastewater.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that it was important to separate domestic wastewater from industrial wastewater to allow for future efficient methane gas inventories to be conducted.
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Mes, T. S. (2003). Methane production by anaerobic digestion of wastewater and solid wastes. 59-92.
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Myre, G. S. (2013). Anthropogenic and natural radiative forcing.
NCWSC. (2016). Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company.
NIWA. (2008). Covered Anaerobic ponds for anaerobic digestion and biogas capture piggeries. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. NIWA. Retrieved Dec 30, 2018, from http://www.biogas.org.nz/Publications/WhosWho/biogas-pond-booklet.pdf
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Paredes, M. G. (2015). Methane emission from stabilization ponds for municipal wastewater treatment in Mexico. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 12:139-153. doi:10.1080/1943815X.2015.1110185
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Picot, B. P. (2013). Biogas Production, Sludge Accumulation and Mass Alance of Carbon in Anaerobic Ponds. Water Sci. Technol, 48:23-250.
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Quiroga, F. (2011). Waste stabilization ponds for wastewater treatment, anaerobic pond. Retrieved May 9, 2018, from http://home.eng.iastate.edu/-tge/ce421-521/Fernando%20J.%20Trevino%20Quiroga.pdf
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Shelef, G. a. (2000). Meeting Stringent Environmental and Reuse Requirements with an Integrated Pond System for the Twenty-first Century. Water Science Technology, Vol.42, 299-305.
Silva, J. R. (2012). Influence of photperiod on Carbon dioxide and ethane emission from two pilot-scale stabilization ponds. Water Sci Technol, 66:1930-1940.
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Tabatabaei, M. S. (2011). Influential parameers on biomethane generation in anaerobic wastewater treatment plants.
Tchobanoglous, G. B. (2003). Wastewater Engineering (Treatment Disposal Reuse). (M.-H. B. Comapny, Ed.) Metcalf & Eddy, Inc, 4th Edition, 4-5.
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Varon, M. a. (2004). Waste Stabilization Ponds. Delft: Internation Wastewater and Sanitation Centre.
Visser, A. G. (1993). Effects of pH on methanogenesis and sulphate reduction in thermophilic (550C) UASB rectors. Bioresource Technology, 44:113-121.
Wafler, M. (2008). Training materials on anaerobic wastewater treatment. Seecon.
Wang, J. J. (2011). Methane emissions from a full-scale A/A/O wastewater treatment plant. Bioresour Technol, 102:5479-5485.
World Urbanization Prospects. (2018). United Nations Population Estimates and Projections of Major Urban Agglomerations.
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Mabonga, M. K., Maingi, D. S. M., & Kirubi, D. G. (2020). WASTEWATER QUALITY PARAMETERS AND METHANE PRODUCTION IN DANDORA ESTATE SEWERAGE TREATMENT WORKS, NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3(1), 1 – 20. Retrieved from https://iprjb.org/journals/index.php/IJES/article/view/1032
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