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Table 1

Physical, chemical, and biochemical parameters of un-thickened and thickened FS that was loaded onto drying beds

	Parameter	pH	Salinity	EC	TS	TS	TVS	COD	BOD₅	Viable Ascaris
	Unit	–	g/l	ms/cm	g/l	%	g/l	g/l	g/l	n/g TS
Un-thickened FS	Mean	7.8	2.5	4.5	5.5	0.5	3.5	9.3	2.3	ND
	SD	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.2	0.2	1.6	6.6	7.5	ND
	n repetitions	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	ND
Thickened FS	Mean	7.7	1.8	3.5	50.3	5.1	29.9	77.0	13.4	1,138
	SD	0.3	0.7	1.2	15.1	1.4	9.5	25.8	31.1	475
	n repetitions	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	5

	Parameter	pH	Salinity	EC	TS	TS	TVS	COD	BOD₅	Viable Ascaris
	Unit	–	g/l	ms/cm	g/l	%	g/l	g/l	g/l	n/g TS
Un-thickened FS	Mean	7.8	2.5	4.5	5.5	0.5	3.5	9.3	2.3	ND
	SD	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.2	0.2	1.6	6.6	7.5	ND
	n repetitions	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	ND
Thickened FS	Mean	7.7	1.8	3.5	50.3	5.1	29.9	77.0	13.4	1,138
	SD	0.3	0.7	1.2	15.1	1.4	9.5	25.8	31.1	475
	n repetitions	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	5

ND = not determined.