SIMPLE TREATMENT OF AGRICULTRAL DRAINS WASTE WATER

Abstract

It is impossible to imagine life without water, but unfortunately some countries, including Egypt, are suffering from many problems such as lack of resources and contamination of different water bodies due to lack of good treatment. Water pollution is a change in the natural quality of the water from the taste, color and odor. This pollution occurs when the human discharge contaminants into the water and this negatively affects the lives of all living and human beings [2]. Main water pollution sources are [3]: Natural source, Agricultural source, Industrial source, Domestic wastewater source, Other sources. Sewage water is treated since long time and reused in irrigation and land reclamation. Industrial wastewater can be treated and reused in industry. Agricultural pollution practices have come up due to the increase in the demand for food which is proportional to the increase in population. To increase the farms productivity, the farmers have had to resort to additional chemical fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides, hormonal treatments for the animals, nutrient laden feed and many such practices which changed the traditional way of farming. This contamination is dangerous to all living organisms that depend on the food on cultivation. Treatment of agricultural wastewater is still under investigation and will be the target of this theses.