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Table 1 Domestic effluents against wastewater discharge standards

From: Application of DPSIR model to identify the drivers and impacts of land use and land cover changes and climate change on land, water, and livelihoods in the L. Kyoga basin: implications for sustainable management

Year

EC (µS/cm)

pH (pH units)

TSS (mg/l)

TP (mg/l)

TN (mg/l)

BOD (mg/l)

COD (mg/l)

2014

884

8.0–10.0

 

3.16

 

35

231

2015

612

7.1–9.2

75

  

12

144

2016

1039

6.8–9.4

136

3.6

 

187

1438

2017

837

6.8–8.6

210

  

18

152

2018

1098

6.9–9.1

  

75.7

7

264

2020

 

6.8–9.9

   

69

156

2021

1059

5.3–11.0

309

7.9

52.8

26

366

Effluent Standard

750

5.0–8.5

50

5

10

50

70

  1. Data source: Ministry of Water and Environment