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Physico-Chemical Characterization of an Urban Wastewater Effluent and Its Impact on the Receiving Environment: Oued Nfifikh (Morocco)
 
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Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Ben M’Sik, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Cdt Driss El Harti Av., P.B.7955 Sidi Othmane, Casablanca, Morocco
 
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National Laboratory for Pollution Research and Monitoring (LNESP), Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment, Department of Environment, Mohamed Ben Abdellah Erregragui Av. Madinat Al-Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
 
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Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Regional Center for Education and Training Trades (CRMEF) of Casablanca-Settat, P.B. 20340 Stendhal Av. Casablanca, Morocco
 
 
Publication date: 2022-03-01
 
 
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Chaimaa Merbouh   

Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Ben M’Sik, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Cdt Driss El Harti Av., P.B.7955 Sidi Othmane, Casablanca, Morocco
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2022; 23(3):183-193
 
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Oued Nfifikh is among the least studied Moroccan rivers. Thus, the primary aim of this study is to shed light on the quality of this undervalued stream. Its downstream part is affected by one of the most crucial environmental issues. As it receives the discharges of sewage evacuated precariously and without prior treatment which might lead to the degradation of the overall ecological status of this fluvial hydrosystem. This research work aims to study the physicochemical water quality downstream the river Nfifikh through a monthly monitoring of the physicochemical parameters’ indicator of pollution, from August 2018 to July 2019. The results obtained show that the stream is exposed to high pollution which is mainly organic. Consequently, the wastewater represents a major cause of water quality degradation of this receiving environment: ecological and health impacts are therefore to be expected.
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