Assessment of the Impact of Sewage Storage Ponds on the Water Environment in Surrounding Area †
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Institute of Geology, Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Stabayev University, Satbayev str. 22, Almaty 0500013, Kazakhstan
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Department of Engineering Systems and Environment Protection, Stabayev University, Satbayev str. 22, Almaty 0500013, Kazakhstan
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45E, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
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Presented at the 9th Innovations-Sustainability-Modernity-Openness Conference (ISMO’20),
Bialystok, Poland, 20–21 May 2020.
Proceedings 2020, 51(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020051020
Published: 30 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 9th Innovations-Sustainability-Modernity-Openness Conference (ISMO’20))
The paper presents the results of research on the environmental impact of sewage ponds serving the city of Kostanay (Kazakhstan). The scope of the research included the determination of basic quality parameters of raw and treated wastewater, an analysis of the chemical composition of groundwater in the vicinity of sewage ponds, and the analysis of the water quality of the Tobol River. The obtained results indicate that sewage from storage ponds, infiltrating into the ground, caused groundwater pollution in the area of about 100 km2 around the reservoirs. Due to the fact that the groundwater aquifer in the vicinity of sewage ponds feeds the Tobol River, it also affects water quality in the river, which does not meet the requirements for most of the analyzed parameters.
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Ospanov, K.; Rakhimov, T.; Myrzakhmetov, M.; Andraka, D. Assessment of the Impact of Sewage Storage Ponds on the Water Environment in Surrounding Area. Proceedings 2020, 51, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020051020
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Ospanov K, Rakhimov T, Myrzakhmetov M, Andraka D. Assessment of the Impact of Sewage Storage Ponds on the Water Environment in Surrounding Area. Proceedings. 2020; 51(1):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020051020
Chicago/Turabian StyleOspanov, Kairat, Timur Rakhimov, Menlibai Myrzakhmetov, and Dariusz Andraka. 2020. "Assessment of the Impact of Sewage Storage Ponds on the Water Environment in Surrounding Area" Proceedings 51, no. 1: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020051020
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