Impact Of Vegetable Oil Effluent On The Water Quality Of Receiving Ossah River, Umuahia, Abia State
ABSTRACT
The
physico-chemical parameters of Ossah river, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria were
studied between January 2018 and June 2018 in 3 stations in relation to the
anthropogenic impacts and suitability to support aquatic biodiversity. A total
of A total ofsixteen (16) parameters were evaluated using standard methods
(APHA) and compared with National standards (NESREA). The range ofrecorded
values were as follows: air temperature (19.0 - 31.0°C), water temperature
(22.0 - 28.0°C), pH (5.14 - 10.32), transparency (19.4 - 56.3cm), total
dissolved solids (12.4 30.5mg/l), conductivity (18.5 45.5|xS/cm), dissolved
oxygen (3.9 7.7mg/l), biochemical oxygen demand (1.8 4.6 mg/1), chemical oxygen
demand (18.6 -94.0 mg/1), nitrate (2.3 - 3.5 mg/1), phosphate (0.75 2.44 mg/1),
sulphate (0.3 1.27 mg/1), chloride (5.3 8.4 mg/1), calcium (8.0 25.3 mg/1),
magnesium (4.86 43.8 mg/1) and potassium (0.16 - 8.0 mg/1). The physicochemical
parameters recorded in Ossah River were all within acceptable limits to support
aquatic biodiversity and aquaculture development despite observed anthropogenic
impacts in stations 1 and 2; though pH and dissolved oxygen did not meet in
some stations. It can therefore be concluded that the river is suitable to
support aquatic biodiversity.
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UKAEGBU, A (2023). Impact Of Vegetable Oil Effluent On The Water Quality Of Receiving Ossah River, Umuahia, Abia State. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-vegetable-oil-effluent-on-the-water-quality-of-receiving-ossah-river-umuahia-abia-state-7-2
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AMARACHI, UKAEGBU. "Impact Of Vegetable Oil Effluent On The Water Quality Of Receiving Ossah River, Umuahia, Abia State" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-vegetable-oil-effluent-on-the-water-quality-of-receiving-ossah-river-umuahia-abia-state-7-2