Desalination and Water Treatment, vol.287, pp.29-38, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Public health could be harmed by the dumping of wastewater into the environment. Cesspit systems are the most common type of treatment used in homes in semi-urban areas of the Khan Yunis. The Gaza Strip’s issues with sewage treatment have come under more and more scrutiny in recent years. By the end of 2014, only 74% of these areas had drainage and wastewater treatment systems. To build sewage treatment systems in rural regions that are dependable, it is vital to evaluate the technologies currently in use. By performing case studies on 24 facilities that had been in operation for at least a year, the sewage treatment technologies were assessed as currently being employed in semi-urban areas. The purpose of our study, which was conducted between 2012–2014, was to evaluate the situation at the time and identify any issues related to onsite wastewater treatment in semi-urban areas. In semi-urban regions, decentralized sewage treatment is the most popular waste-water treatment method. The results show that the technique is efficient at eliminating contam-inants. The study underlines the necessity of establishing criteria for judging the effluent quality, considering several target contaminants. Findings also demonstrate that effluents can be recycled to satisfy various environmental standards.