Assessment of Water Quality Parameters in Lake Hayq, Northeastern Ethiopia.

Autor: Tecklie A; Wollo University Department of Biology, Dessie, Ethiopia., Nigussie Y; Ministry of Water and Energy Ecohydrology and Water Quality Desk, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Bilale A; Wollo University Department of Biology, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: TheScientificWorldJournal [ScientificWorldJournal] 2024 Sep 04; Vol. 2024, pp. 7439024. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 04 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1155/2024/7439024
Abstrakt: Lake Hayq is one of the highland lakes of Ethiopia that furnishes very important ecosystem services, fishing, tourism, transportation, drinking water, livestock watering, and irrigation. However, the lake ecosystem is being degraded by pollution, siltation, and excessive growth of macrophytes, buffer zone degradation, overfishing, and climate variability. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the physicochemical, heavy metals, and biological water quality parameters of Lake Hayq. Physiochemical (pH, water temperature, conductivity, TDS, total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Na + , K + , NH4 + , NH 3 , NO 2 - , NO 3 - , CO 3 - , HCO 3 - , SO 4 2- , PO 4 3- , SiO 2 , and total phosphorus), heavy metals (Pb, Fe, Zn, Cr, Cu 2+ , Mn 2+ , and Ni), and biological (BOD 5 and total coliforms) water quality parameters were analyzed both in situ and ex situ. The physicochemical parameters were measured using portable water quality measuring multimeters, the heavy metal analysis was done using the Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, the BOD 5 was measured using a BOD 5 meter, and the total coliform analysis was done using the spread plate technique. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate, two-way ANOVA to see the mean difference among sampling sites and seasons through the application of SPSS 16. Most of the water quality parameters of Lake Hayq have met the WHO standards for recreation, aquatic life, and drinking water quality. However, some parameters, such as Pb, BOD 5 , and total coliforms, were above WHO water quality permissible limits. Therefore, ecohydrological (nature-based) waste treatment methods such as macrophyte restoration in buffer zones and ecofriendly farming activities should be practiced to minimize the contamination of the lake.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 Assefa Tecklie et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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