Ecological and hygienic assessment of the river Kashkadarya and drainage canal water in the intensively irrigated region of Uzbekistan

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Introduction. Lately, in the agricultural regions of Uzbekistan it is increasingly experiencing a shortage of water suitable not only for irrigation but also for household use, reactivation and tourism. The hypothesis of our study was to investigate whether the level of pollution of the collector-drainage water of the most prominent collector of the Karshi steppe and the Kashkadarya river allowed to use their water for secondary domestic needs.

Materials and methods. The following chemical and microbiological indicators were selected as indicators of mineral and organic pollution: carbonate alkalinity, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, nitrites, ammonium nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorus, coli-index, causative agents of intestinal infections (strains of Shigella and Salmonella). The following parasitic organisms were determined: cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

Results. In the reservoirs of the collector-drainage network of the Kashkadarya region, simultaneously with an increase in the level of organic pollution and eutrophication (biogenic load), the processes of salinization of reservoirs are very active.

Limitations. Due to the limited time for transport of samples of the microbiological and chemical analysis to the Tashkent city, as well as lack of qualified staff, the study covered only the lower reaches of the Kashkadarya River, and eight sampling points were selected for analysis on both: the river and the Southern Collector.Conclusion. The microbiological and parasitological analysis results showed that the collector water and the water of the Kashkadarya River are unsuitable for irrigation and create an epidemiological danger for the population.

Contribution:

Sagdullaeva B.O. — concept and design of the study, collection and processing of material, statistical processing, text writing;

Ginatullina E.N. — concept and design of the study, editing, writing the text, approval of the final version of the article;

Tashev R.Kh. — a collection of material, editing and responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. Research work carried out within the framework of the USAID-PEER project (Cycle-6)

Received: April 8, 2021 / Accepted: November 25, 2021 / Published: March 10, 2022

About the authors

Barno O. Sagdullaeva

Research Institute of Sanitary, Hygiene and Occupational Diseases

Author for correspondence.
Email: barno89@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3265-9267

MD, doctoral student of the Research Institute of Sanitation, Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 100056, Tashkent, 100056, Republic of Uzbekistan.

e-mail: barno89@inbox.ru

Uzbekistan

Elena N. Ginatullina

Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Email: barno89@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3462-0908

MD, PhD, Researcher, Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. 100053, Republic of
Uzbekistan.

e-mail: e-ginatullina@yandex.ru

Uzbekistan

Rashid Kh. Tashev

Kashkadarya regional branch of the State Inspection “Gosvodkhoznadzor” under the Ministry of Water Resources

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7164-9286
Uzbekistan

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