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<strong>African</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>Fig. 6.4: Industrial Organic Pollutants per available Freshwater in <strong>African</strong> countrieswith major Industrial EffluentsTunisiaAlgeriaMoroccoSouth AfricaEgyptKenyaSenegalZimbabweBotswanaEthiopiaCote d'IvoireCameroonSource: Africa Facts: http://www.nationmaster.com0 2 4 6 8 10 12Metric Tons of BO D Emissions per Cub. Km.The North <strong>African</strong> countries and South Africaare shown to have the highest industrial organicpollutants per available freshwater resources. Forexample, out of the total wastewater generated inEgypt (3.5 BCM/year) only approximately 1.6BCM/year receives treatment (National AWDR<strong>Report</strong>, 2005). Environmental health and thehealth of urban settlements are seriously jeopardizedby the lack of adequate solid waste disposaland sewerage systems. The result of an analysiscarried out in Cameroon on the quality of effluentsfrom a textile factory is shown in table 6.6.Table 6.6: Physical and chemical analysis of effluent from a textile plant in the coastalregion of Cameroon as compared to expected normsParameterValues for effluentMinimum RecommendedLimitPercentage deviationfrom max limitTemperature ( o C) 30 30 -PH 12.2 5.5 – 8.5 43.5Suspended Solids (mg/l) 34 30.0 13.3COD (mg/l) 3400 120.0 2,733BOD 5(mg/l) 180 30.0 500Total Hydrocarbons (mg/l) 10.2 5.0 104Iron (mg/l) 6.7 5.0 34Chromium (mg/l) 8.6 0.5 1,620Zinc (mg/l) 0.2 0.1 100Lead (mg/l) 0.3 0.1 200Manganese (mg/l) 0.048 0.1 -Nitrate (mg/l) - 0.5 -Phosphates (mg/l) 8.1 50 -Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l) 6.9 - -Source: AWDR National <strong>Report</strong>, 2003; Fonteh, (2002)134

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