Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa

This study was conducted to identify the antibacterial properties of Terminalia cattapa (TC) leaves and also to explore the feasibility of using it with domestic wastewater effluent for reuse purposes. Previous study conducted in UTM have shown the potential of using domestic wastewater in watering...

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Main Author:	Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11590/1/NurfarhainMohamedRusliMFKA2009.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.115902018-06-04T09:53:46Z Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa 2009-06 Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering This study was conducted to identify the antibacterial properties of Terminalia cattapa (TC) leaves and also to explore the feasibility of using it with domestic wastewater effluent for reuse purposes. Previous study conducted in UTM have shown the potential of using domestic wastewater in watering landscape plants where chlorine was use to disinfect the wastewater. Since chlorine application produce residual effect, TC leaves offers another potential to be applied together with the domestic wastewater in order to eliminate bacterial contamination. From analysis conducted, TC leaves in blended form with wastewater yield better results compared to cut and original leave form. In this study, effluent from domestic wastewater oxidation pond was collected and applied daily to two landscape gardens with a surface area of 1.5 m x 1.0 m x 0.3 m where both plots were planted with five different plants. The difference between the two plots are one is applied with wastewater and TC leaves meanwhile the other one is applied with wastewater only and stand as a control. Wastewater effluents collected were analysed for BOD, COD, E. coli, phosphorus, ammoniacal nitrogen and pH. From the result obtained all samples treated using TC leaves shows 98% removal of E. coli numbers after 5 days treatment. In order to compare bacterial removal, analysis on residual chlorine was also carried out, result obtained shows that even though chlorine is effective in eliminating bacteria it has residue effect which is harmful to human or plants and insects. Treated sewage effluent applied to landscape plants produce better growth when compared to untreated wastewater. The results obtained showed positive growth increment for wastewater with TC leaves in terms of height and width for all plants except for Elephantopus scaber (Es) which thrive more when applied with wastewater. 2009-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11590/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11590/1/NurfarhainMohamedRusliMFKA2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
description	This study was conducted to identify the antibacterial properties of Terminalia cattapa (TC) leaves and also to explore the feasibility of using it with domestic wastewater effluent for reuse purposes. Previous study conducted in UTM have shown the potential of using domestic wastewater in watering landscape plants where chlorine was use to disinfect the wastewater. Since chlorine application produce residual effect, TC leaves offers another potential to be applied together with the domestic wastewater in order to eliminate bacterial contamination. From analysis conducted, TC leaves in blended form with wastewater yield better results compared to cut and original leave form. In this study, effluent from domestic wastewater oxidation pond was collected and applied daily to two landscape gardens with a surface area of 1.5 m x 1.0 m x 0.3 m where both plots were planted with five different plants. The difference between the two plots are one is applied with wastewater and TC leaves meanwhile the other one is applied with wastewater only and stand as a control. Wastewater effluents collected were analysed for BOD, COD, E. coli, phosphorus, ammoniacal nitrogen and pH. From the result obtained all samples treated using TC leaves shows 98% removal of E. coli numbers after 5 days treatment. In order to compare bacterial removal, analysis on residual chlorine was also carried out, result obtained shows that even though chlorine is effective in eliminating bacteria it has residue effect which is harmful to human or plants and insects. Treated sewage effluent applied to landscape plants produce better growth when compared to untreated wastewater. The results obtained showed positive growth increment for wastewater with TC leaves in terms of height and width for all plants except for Elephantopus scaber (Es) which thrive more when applied with wastewater.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain
author_facet	Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain
author_sort	Mohamed Rusli, Nurfarhain
title	Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
title_short	Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
title_full	Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
title_fullStr	Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
title_full_unstemmed	Watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
title_sort	watering of landscape plants using wastewater treated with terminalia catappa
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2009
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11590/1/NurfarhainMohamedRusliMFKA2009.pdf
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