Future Performance Study of Al-Muamirah Wastewater Treatment Plant Applying a Statistical Analysis

Abstract

Wastewater management is considered to be a great challenge, particularly in towns and cities with rapidly growing population. The study aimed to assess the Al-Muamirah WW treatment plant (WWTP), located in the Babylon governorate of Iraq, in terms of its hydraulic loading as a quality performance indicator. The findings showed that there will be a significant deficit in the capacity of the plant of 20%, 32% and 37% in the year of 2024, and will cumulatively arise in 2030 to become 26%, 41.5% and 47.7% for suggested growth rates of 1.27%, 2.5% and 3.95%, respectively. The outcomes of expected amounts of daily discarded wastewater in terms of estimated population were analyzed using the ANOVA test and it was found that the population growth ratio has a significant impact on the generated inflow, as f (2,30) = 3.713, and p= 0.019 < 0.05.