Microbial water quality and sedimentary faecal sterols as markers of sewage contamination in Kuwait

被引：50

作者：

Lyons, B. P. ^{[1
]}

Devlin, M. J. ^{[2
]}

Hamid, S. A. Abdul ^{[3
]}

Al-Otiabi, A. F. ^{[3
]}

Al-Enezi, M. ^{[3
]}

Massoud, M. S. ^{[3
]}

Al-Zaidan, A. S. ^{[3
]}

Smith, A. J. ^{[4
]}

Morris, S. ^{[1
]}

Bersuder, P. ^{[4
]}

Barber, J. L. ^{[4
]}

Papachlimitzou, A. ^{[4
]}

Al-Sarawi, H. A. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Cefas, Weymouth Lab, Weymouth DT4 8UB, Dorset, England

[2] James Cook Univ, Catchment Reef Res Grp, TropWater, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia

[3] Kuwait Environm Publ Author, Safat 13104, Kuwait

[4] Cefas, Lowestoft Lab, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, Suffolk, England

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2015年 / 100卷 / 02期

关键词：

Faecal sterols; Coprostanol; Microbial water quality; Kuwait; ESTUARY; BAY; POLLUTION; BRAZIL; INDICATORS; MALAYSIA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.043

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Microbial water quality and concentrations of faecal sterols in sediment have been used to assess the degree of sewage contamination in Kuwait's marine environment. A review of microbial (faecal coliform, faecal streptococci and Escherichia coli) water quality data identified temporal and spatial sources of pollution around the coastline. Results indicated that bacterial counts regularly breach regional water quality guidelines. Sediments collected from a total of 29 sites contained detectable levels of coprostanol with values ranging from 29 to 2420 ng g(-1) (dry weight). Hot spots based on faecal sterol sediment contamination were identified in Doha Bay and Sulaibikhat Bay, which are both smaller embayments of Kuwait Bay. The ratio of epicoprostanol/oprostanol indicates that a proportion of the contamination was from raw or partially treated sewage. Sewage pollution in these areas are thought to result from illegal connections and discharges from storm drains, such as that sited at Al-Ghazali, Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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页码：689 / 698

页数：10

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