Surface water pollution is so dangerous matter that all must face
and find solutions for that. This study aims to use develop more safe
methods for water sanitation using bacteriophages and special
nanocomposite which has been prepared by Sygam international company,
Inchas industrial zone, Egypt according to a standard formula suggested by
the material scientists, physics department, faculty of science, Benha
University. For reaching this aim, surface water samples were collected,
many pathogenic bacteria were isolated and defined, bacteriophages were
detected and isolated, detected bacteriophages were used in sanitation as
well as nanocomposite. Six bacterial species (Aeromonas hydrophila, E.
coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus vulgaris
and Enterococcus fecalis) were isolated and identified. The bacteriophages
infecting Ps. aeruginosa were the only bacteriophages detected. Sanitation
using bacteriophages decreased the counts of Ps. aeruginosa in water
samples under study with percentages of 64.3 and 78.35%. Sanitation
using nanocomposite decreased the concentrations of heavy metals under
study in the selected water sample to concentrations below the detection
limits of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy.
These results showed that both; bacteriophages and nanocomposite can be
used as safe methods in water sanitation. |
