Table 1 Physico-chemical characteristics of the wastewaters studied (mean ± SD, n = 3).
From: Diversity, Co-occurrence and Implications of Fungal Communities in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Variables | Wastewater samples | p-value* (Influent, effluent) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daspoort Influent (DI) | Daspoort Effluent (DE) | Flip Human Influent (FI) | Flip Human Effluent (FE) | Percy Stewart Influent (PI) | Percy Stewart Effluent (PE) | Sterkfontein Hospital Effluent (HE) | ||
pH | 6.64 ± 0.007 | 7.05 ± 00.028 | 7.75 ± 0.007 | 8.12 ± 0.063 | 7.15 ± 00.007 | 7.16 ± 0.014 | 7.16 ± 0.028 | (0.000011, 0.00022) |
DO (mg L−1) | 0.435 ± 0.601 | 3.45 ± 0.368 | 0.67 ± 0.028 | 3.04 ± 0.495 | 0.48 ± 0.403 | 1.89 ± 0.785 | 0.93 ± 0.410 | (0.0028, 0.144) |
Conductivity (COND) (µ S−1 cm−1) | 840.5 ± 2.121 | 506 ± 0.000 | 902 ± 5.656 | 774 ± 2.828 | 685.5 ± 6.363 | 1016 ± 7.07 | 682 ± 0.000 | (<0.00001, 0.000003) |
Salinity (SAL) (psu) | 0.415 ± 0.007 | 0.245 ± 0.007 | 0.445 ± 0.007 | 0.38 ± 0.000 | 0.335 ± 0.007 | 0.505 ± 0.007 | 0.33 ± 0.000 | (0.0001, 0.00005) |
NH3-N | 0.045 ± 0.007 | 0.06 ± 0.000 | 0.170 ± 0.042 | 0.13 ± 0.042 | ND** | 0.35 ± 0.092 | ND | (NA, 0.033) |
DOC (mg L−1) | 20.390 ± 0.620 | 5.59 ± 0.77 | 55.13 ± 0.77 | 11.73 ± 0.67 | 154.93 ± 2.49 | 18.16 ± 0.95 | 63.75 ± 1.15 | (<0.00001,<0.00001) |
TDS (mg L−1) | 420.5 ± 0.707 | 253.0 ± 0.00 | 451.5 ± 3.536 | 387.5 ± 2.121 | 513.3 ± 18.668 | 508.0 ± 4.242 | 341.0 ± 0.000 | (0.00025, <0.00001) |
Cl- (mg L−1) | 28.641 ± 4.75 | 41.31 ± 0.338 | 21.538 ± 0.696 | 19.338 ± 1.018 | 60.572 ± 0.002 | 44.084 ± 2.041 | 30.295 ± 0.212 | (0.0003, 0.00061) |
F−(mg L−1) | 0.224 ± 0.095 | ND | 0.131 ± 0.012 | 0.204 ± 0.007 | 16.972 ± 0.489 | 0.210 ± 0.004 | 4.85 ± 0.029 | (<0.00001, 0.914) |
Br−(mg L−1) | 0.543 ± 0.081 | ND | 0.913 ± 0.053 | ND | ND | ND | ND | NA*** |
Nitrite (mg L−1) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 4.225 ± 0.119 | ND | NA |
Nitrate (mg L−1) | ND | 31.656 ± 0.130 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | NA |
Sulfate (mg L−1) | 6.689 ± 1.006 | 40.493 ± | 26.988 ± 0.103 | 22.908 ± 1.248 | 3.506 ± 0.052 | 58.110 ± 1.407 | 15.986 ± 0.051 | (<0.00001, 0.00015) |
Phosphate (mg L−1) | 5.076 ± 0.590 | ND | 12.719 ± 0.089 | 0.714 ± 0.029 | 23.285 ± 0.036 | 4.332 ± 0.008 | 16.096 ± 0.057 | (<0.00001, 0.0085) |
