Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The 4th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Storage of Energy ICEESEN 2024, Nevşehir, Türkiye, 5 - 07 Eylül 2024, ss.372-376
The increasing food demand in parallel with the growing population requires additional needs for increasing the productivity of food products. Pesticides are chemicals that have been used for many years to reduce crop losses by killing pests. However, due to their toxicity, pesticides can be toxic to living organisms as well as other organisms, including air, water, soil and crops. In addition, these chemicals transported from the target area cause environmental pollution. As a result, the carried pesticides also reach the wastewater treatment plants. In this study, prioritization was made with the scoring method based on the concentration, treatment efficiency, bioaccumulation and toxicity of pesticide detected in the Kayseri Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant . While the prioritization study was carried out, 19 pesticides analyzed at the influent and effluent of the wastewater treatment plant were included in the scope of the research. The measured pesticide types were ranked by scoring method using 4 criteria and the pesticide with the highest score was determined. According to the results, heptachlor-exo-epoxide received the highest score. This pesticide type received the highest 5 points from all 4 score types and finally received 20 points. The effects of these pollutants on the receiving environment need to be specially assessed.