TABLE 1.
Physico-chemical average characterization of NSWW and SWW domestic wastewater collected from October 2018 to February 2019.
| Parameter | Unit | NSWW | SWW | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammonium (NH4 +-N) | mg L−1 | 259.03 ± 7.06 | 117.37 ± 4.78 | 0.07 |
| AmandNitrate (NO3 −-N) | mg L−1 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.23 |
| Phosphate (PO4 3--P) | mg L−1 | 30.78 ± 3.55 | 24.88 ± 4.05 | 0.02 |
| Total COD (COD) | mg L−1 | 777.87 ± 40.43 | 653.97 ± 29.70 | 0.04 |
| Soluble COD (sCOD) | mg L−1 | 620.39 ± 47.61 | 428.23 ± 41.77 | 0.01 |
| BOD5 | mg L−1 | 228.89 ± 15.40 | 87.78 ± 5.77 | 0.04 |
| Chloride (Cl−) | mg L−1 | 135.84 ± 11.16 | 135.12 ± 12.58 | 0.45 |
| Fluoride (F−) | mg L−1 | 0.70 ± 0.20 | 0.68 ± 0.13 | 0.42 |
| Sulphide (S2-) | mg L−1 | 0.32 ± 0.09 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | 0.14 |
| Sulphate (SO4 2-) | mg L−1 | 36.18 ± 2.70 | 26.08 ± 1.42 | 0.08 |
| TSS | mg L−1 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.14 ± 0.02 | 0.21 |
| Dissolved oxygen (DO) | mg L−1 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 1.48 ± 0.00 | 0.13 |
| pH | - | 7.29 ± 0.15 | 7.74 ± 0.15 | 0.04 |
| Temperature (T) | °C | 19.99 ± 0.07 | 22.40 ± 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Conductivity (EC) | µS cm−1 | 1116.44 ± 23.82 | 999.75 ± 0.70 | 0.01 |