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DOI: 10.31248/JBBD
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Physicochemical properties of a flowing stream in Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/JBBD2017.035 | Article Number: EC6F2DB01 | Vol.2 (3) - June 2017
Received Date: 05 April 2017 | Accepted Date: 28 April 2017 | Published Date: 30 June 2017
Authors: Solomon, R. J.* and Kehinde, O. A.
Keywords: physicochemical, temperature, Biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, Chloride, Fluoride, dissolve oxygen, Jabi, Magnesium, Nitrate, pH, total hardness, turbidity.
The physicochemical qualities of flowing stream located in Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria was assessed over the duration of 3 months. Parameters measured include pH, temperature, electrical conductivity, turbidity, biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand, nitrate, sulphate, acidity, alkalinity, and carbon levels and these were simultaneously monitored in the flowing stream using standard methods. Unacceptably, high levels of the assayed parameters were observed in Nitrate (1.39 to 1.44 mg/L), while dissolved oxygen (3.2 to 11.6 mg/L) and turbidity (8.6 to 9.1 NTU) were totally outside the compliance levels of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) Guidelines and World Health Organization (WHO) tolerance limits for domestic uses. The study has revealed that there was an adverse impact on the physiochemical characteristics of the flowing stream as a result of discharge of inadequately treated waste products from surrounding communities. This poses a health risk to several rural communities which rely on flowing stream primarily as their sources of domestic water and also harmful to aquatic life. There is need for the intervention of appropriate regulatory agencies to ensure flowing stream is hygienic for consumption and aquatic life through proper channelling.
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