Simulation of Water Quality and Pollution Reduction of Qarun Lake, Egypt using 2D Hydrodynamic Ecological Modelling | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 107, Volume 28, Issue 6, November 2024, Pages 1975-2002 PDF (3.85 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2024.397891 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Manar Basheer; Khaled Abutaleb1, 2, 3; Amal Mekawy; Nermine Abed | ||
| 1National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Agricultural Research Council, Natural Resources and Engineering (ARC-NRE), Pretoria, South Africa | ||
| 3School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Lake Qarun, one of largest and oldest lakes in Egypt, was declared as a nature reserve in 1989 to protect the biological, archaeological, and geological diversity. However, Lake Qarun is bearing a load due to various pollution types. This condition has resulted in unfavorable water. There is a greater combination between water pollution and health problem. For the protection of lake all waste waters should be managed and remediated appropriately. Bioremediation has been recognized to be environmently friendly and economical for treating the pollution of water bodies. Bioremediation uses naturally occurring bacteria, fungi, or plants for degradation or detoxification of harmful substances. Integration between nanomaterials and bioremediation has great potential to be effective and efficient. Therefore, myco-remediation using silver nanoparticles was chosen in this study. Ecological modelling using MIKE 21/3 was used for completion of the evaluation of lake water quality, bioremediation process, and to simulate the transport and fate of pollutants in the lake. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Qarun Lake; MIKE 21; Bioremediation; Remote sensing; Silver nanoparticle; Ecological modelling; Hydrodynamic model | ||
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