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Identification of the most correlated input and output physicochemical parameters in domestic wastewater at experimental treatment facilities in Nouakchott, Mauritania
 
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Process and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, FST Mohammedia, Morocco
 
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Water Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Laboratory-ISET-Rosso-Mauritania
 
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Laboratory of the Water Environment and Pollution Research Unit, FST Nouakchott, Mauritania
 
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Laboratory of Plant Biodiversity and Natural Resource Development, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
 
These authors had equal contribution to this work
 
 
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Ely Mohamed Salem   

Process and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, FST Mohammedia, Morocco
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2026; 27(5)
 
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The study was conducted on domestic wastewater collected at the National Sanitation Office monitoring station and treated using three experimental cylindrical filters (200 L) with a filtering medium 0.70 m high. The treatment achieved average removal efficiencies of 41.42% for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD₅), 39.11% for chemical oxygen demand (COD), and 23.30% for total suspended solids (TSS), all within acceptable ranges. Average removal rates of 40.50% and 57.64% were obtained for nitrogen and orthophosphate, respectively, along with a significant improvement in hydrogen potential (pH). The links between correlated variables were investigated using multivariate statistical methods, including principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering. The results show a significant reduction in pollutant loads after treatment, particularly in BOD₅, COD, TSS, nitrogen, orthophosphate, and hydrogen potential. PCA highlights the principal axes of variability, and hierarchical classification distinguishes groups of parameters with similar water quality.
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