A Study to Examine the Physical, Chemical and Biological Process of Treating Raw Water and Municipal Waste Water in Eldoret Town, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

A STUDY TO EXAMINE THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESS OF TREATING RAW WATER AND MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER IN ELDORET TOWN, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA.

BY

KORIR KIPROP KELVIN

NS/0079/2011

A REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCENCES

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

MASENO UNIVERSITY

©August 2016

DECLARATION

I, KORIR KIPROP KELVIN, hereby declare that this attachment report is my original work and it has not been submitted before for any academic award either in this or other institutions of higher learning for an academic publication or any other purpose.

The references used here from other journals or materials are indicated in the references section.

Signature: …………………….

KORIR KIPROP KELVIN

Date…………/…………/ 2016

BOD                                 Biochemical Oxygen Demand

COD                                 Chemical Oxygen Demand

EU                                 European Union

FAO                                 Food and Agriculture Organization

IPPC                                 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

ISO                                 International Organization for Standardization

MDG                                 Millennium Development Goals

O&M                                 Operations and Maintenance

OECD                         Organization- for Economic Co-operation and Development

PPP                                 Public-Private Partnership

SDG                                 Sustainable Development Goal

SUDS                                 Sustainable Urban Drainage System

UWWT                         Urban Waste Water Treatment

WFD                                 Water Framework Directive

WHO                                 World Health Organization

WWTPS                         Wastewater treatment plants

°C                                 Degrees Celsius

Mg/L                                 Milligram per liter

ACKNOWLEGEMEMT

I thank the Lord Almighty for the opportunity of a memorable and a fruitful period in Eldoret Water and Sanitation company limited (ELDOWAS), Eldoret.

My gratitude goes to everybody who offered me any assistance and encouragement in one way or another in my practical training at ELDOWAS. My sincere thanks go to Maseno University academic staffs that have imparted their vast knowledge, especially Dr. Ben Akalla and Professor Raphael Kapiyo who assisted me in my Industrial Attachment unit. It is through their valued support that I was able to get my training. Many heartfelt thanks for their support.

Many thanks also go to the staff of ELDOWAS for their unwavering support and for giving me a chance to be part of the ELDOWAS family. Worth mentioning is the invaluable support and guidance that I constantly got throughout my Industrial Attachment. I express my deep gratitude to Mr. Reuben Kizito despite his many duties agreed to lead my training. His guidance, his remarks and relevant suggestions have been immense in carrying out this training. My thanks also go to Mr. Philip Kosgey Kimaiyo and Mrs. Dorothy for their advice and encouragement. Special thanks also go to the Acting Director of Quality Assurance, Mr. Edwin Mengich.

I owe the successful compilation of this report to all those people who were constantly beside me, cheering me on and supporting me all the way during my training and life in general.

Finally, I would like to extent my heartfelt gratitude to my family members especially my father and mother Joseph Koitum and Alice Chebii, my Brothers Daniel Yator, Dickson Kwemoi ;and Collins Kipchirchir, my sisters Purity Korir, Christabel Chebet and Emmanuela Cheruto and Maseno University classmates and other friends for their invaluable support (moral, financially and otherwise) throughout my training. God bless you all

DEDICATION

This attachment report is dedicated to my family

My father, Mr. Joseph Koitum

My Mother, Mrs. Alice Chebii

 and

My Siblings Purity, Dan, Dickson, Christabel, Collins and Emmanuela Cheruto

ABSTRACT

National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) has a general mission to provide the Public Institutions with efficient organization and human resources to fit the objectives of best public service delivery at low cost; and to set up a fair working environment, based on international standards of health and social security, and favorable to jobs creation and labour market development. Its Head Office is located along Commercial Street in Industrial Area- Nairobi, Kenya.

Industrial Attachment was introduced to instill the students with practical, technical skills as a partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelors Degree and to introduce the students into working life after the period of lectures. My training was a requirement of partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science with Information Technology (IT) organized by Maseno University through National Industrial Training Authority (NITA).

The training allows the student to link the theoretical principles learned in final years in order to attain an award of a Bachelors Degree. It gives to the students the practical skills and the work environment philosophy to use their skills and principles learned in lectures to serve the institutions and the society in general.