Abstract
Water scarcity in agriculture sector enforced farmers to apply city wastewater without any regard of its quality effects on environment and consequential pollution of soils and plants and animals, dependent on these plants, particularly with heavy metals. The main purpose of this research was to appraise the level of Na in tissues of chicken that were reared on grains of maize crop treated with sewage water, canal water and ground water (SWT, CWT and GWT). Samples were assayed for Na contents. Therefore, in order to reduce the health risk and the extent of heavy metal contamination, steps must be taken for efficient treatment of sewage. Regular monitoring of heavy metals in the vegetables grown in waste water irrigated areas is also necessary. Governments usually focus on phosphorus reduction whereas they ignore the effects of sodium in wastewater. The main source of sodium in wastewater is the use of sodium as fillers in different detergents. As a result the amount of sodium increases significantly in wastewater. The focus of this paper is to look at the concentration of of sodium in different water regimes and examine that impact of sodium rich wastewater on maize plant and chicken.