%0 Journal Article
%T Systematic Biological Upgrade of a Urea Fertilizer Effluent Treatment Plant Using GPS
%A Isyaku Ahmad
%A Joseph T. Akintola
%A Regina J. Patinvoh
%A Wilson F. Ekpotu
%A Martins C. Obialor
%A Philemon Chukwuebuka Udom
%J Open Journal of Applied Sciences
%P 1457-1477
%@ 2165-3925
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojapps.2023.138116
%X The use of modeling and simulation has developed into a critical tool for
the sustainable management of wastewater, especially when it comes to
replicating the complex biochemical procedures required for fertilizer effluent
treatment, which calls for a significant amount of wastewater-related data. The
bio<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">logical improvement of a urea fertilizer
effluent via GPS* simulation was carried out in this work using a methodical
process. Using established analytical techni</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ques, temperature, total
suspended solids (TSS), biochemical oxygen </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">demand
(BOD), total phosphorus (T/</span><span><span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">), chemical oxygen demand
(COD), total nitrogen (TN), total nitrate (NO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">), electric
conductivity (EC), turbidity, </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">residual
chlorine, urea, NH</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, and heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, and Fe)
were assessed. The research revealed that the measured values from the
fertilizer factory outfall effluent had high concentrations of all the
physicochemi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cal water quality indicators,
with the exception of TSS, PO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup></span></span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, SO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup></span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, and NO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt;</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. These concentrations are
higher </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">compared
to</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the authorized limits or
suggested values by </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA).
To improve </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the therapy
%K Fertilizer Wastewater Effluent
%K Discharge Basin
%K Outfall Basin
%K Physiochemical Analysis
%K GPS*
%K Modelling &amp
%K Simulation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127428