干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Continuous Performance Improvement Framework for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Arid Regions: Case of Wadi Rumah in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

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DOI	10.3390/ijerph18136857
	Continuous Performance Improvement Framework for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Arid Regions: Case of Wadi Rumah in Qassim, Saudi Arabia
	Haider, Husnain; AlHetari, Mohammed; Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq; Al-Salamah, Ibrahim Saleh; Thabit, Hussein; Shafiquzzaman, Md.
通讯作者	Haider, H (corresponding author), Qassim Univ, Civil Engn Dept, Coll Engn, Buraydah 51452, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	1660-4601
出版年	2021
卷号	18 期号:13
英文摘要	In arid regions such as Saudi Arabia, wastewater treatment (WWT) facilities (meeting promulgated standards) need to adapt their continuous performance improvement (CPI) for long-term sustainability. To achieve this, the facilities need to improve their performance to comply with more strict objectives for broader reuse applications of treated effluent. The present research proposes a CPI framework based on performance benchmarking process for the stepwise improvement of WWT facilities. A grey rational analysis water quality index (GWQI) based on exceedance probability was developed. For weights' estimation of 11 physical, chemical, and biological water quality parameters, the entropy method effectively accommodated the changes in relative importance of the parameters with including additional future reuse applications. For existing effluent reuse scenarios of restricted and unrestricted irrigation, the GWQI values were found consistent with the modified version of the Canadian WQI (CWQI). The indices' values (ranged between 0 and 100) greater than 80 showed the efficient operation of four WWT plants in the Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia. Two hypothetical CPI scenarios with future reuse applications (fish, livestock drinking, and recreation) showed an overall decline in the average (of four plants) values of the GWQI (97 to 78) and CWQI (85 to 60). CWQI predicted stricter results for the facilities with parameters' concentrations exceeding the targets with larger margins and was found applicable for the CPI of WWT facilities in arid regions. For existing scenarios, the assessment results suggest the facilities to control and monitor the chlorination practice. For future targets, tertiary treatment needs to be enhanced for desired nutrients and total dissolved solids removal. The proposed CPI framework provides a platform to initiate the performance benchmarking process for WWT facilities at local or regional levels in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
英文关键词	arid regions CCME-WQI continuous performance improvement grey rational analysis performance benchmarking wastewater treatment water quality index
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000670910900001
WOS关键词	REUSE ; QUALITY ; MANAGEMENT ; REMOVAL ; ENERGY ; NEXUS ; SOIL
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350593
作者单位	[Haider, Husnain; AlHetari, Mohammed; Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq; Al-Salamah, Ibrahim Saleh; Thabit, Hussein; Shafiquzzaman, Md.] Qassim Univ, Civil Engn Dept, Coll Engn, Buraydah 51452, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Haider, Husnain,AlHetari, Mohammed,Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq,et al. Continuous Performance Improvement Framework for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Arid Regions: Case of Wadi Rumah in Qassim, Saudi Arabia[J],2021,18(13).
APA	Haider, Husnain,AlHetari, Mohammed,Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq,Al-Salamah, Ibrahim Saleh,Thabit, Hussein,&Shafiquzzaman, Md..(2021).Continuous Performance Improvement Framework for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Arid Regions: Case of Wadi Rumah in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,18(13).
MLA	Haider, Husnain,et al."Continuous Performance Improvement Framework for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Arid Regions: Case of Wadi Rumah in Qassim, Saudi Arabia".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 18.13(2021).