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Abstract
As the Microplastic pollutants are becoming some of the emerging concerns, and it is estimated that around 8 million ton of plastics end up in the oceans every year. During this study, the Microplastics were tracked throughout a designated water/wastewater system in a certain area, in order to find out the places of its existence, and it was also tracked in a fresh water and agricultural drain during different times of the year.
The samples were collected during 5 different months of the year, in which each group of samples was collected in the same day, the analysis was then conducted using (FTIR) which was used in many previous studies, and the results were compared to some of the old scientific research that were concerned with the same types of plastics.
The Microplastics were found in both the streams in different places and times. They have been found in the drain during all the months of study, but was found in some of the fresh water stream, especially when the stream’s flow was relatively low. The samples taken from the water/wastewater system also had Microplastics, starting from the water intake, until the treated sewage effluent’s discharge point. Three different types of Microplastics were identified during the study, and sometimes more than one type appeared during the same cycle. The locations of the pollutants have been mentioned and their types have been identified, without taken into consideration the concentration of the pollutants; as the tools needed to determine the concentration were not locally available.
The study has identified some of the potential sources of pollution, and recommended simple methods to reduce the pollution. It has also demonstrated the inefficiency of the conventional water and wastewater plants in removing the Microplastics, with recommendations to thoroughly study the plants before and after each step of the process.