Pollution of Groundwater through Surface Input from Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Sources in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria.
| dc.contributor.author | Babatunde, A.I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Okolue, I.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oyelola, O.T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Odunlade, A.K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-26T14:30:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-26T14:30:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Festac canal is man-made and meant to receive Festac Town storm water but has suddenly turned into a dumpsite for various domestic, agricultural and Industrial sources. Borehole groundwaters close to Festac canal, one control borehole located at 500 meters from the canal and surface water samples from the canal at Festac Town were sampled and analyzed for quality evaluation and pollution status. The results of the physicochemical parameters showed temperature range 33.6oC – 35.8oC, pH 8.1 – 8.9, Conductivity (UScm-1) 39.4 – 34700, TS (mg/l) 21 – 17038, Alkalinity 20 – 160, DO (mg/l) 2.2 – 4.8, COD (mg/l), 5.0 – 42.0, BOD5 20 (mg/l) 2-250, oil and grease (mg/l) 0.02 – 0.1, Cl- (mg/l) 3.4 – 9200, PO4 2- (mg/l),2 – 31.25, NO3 2- (mg/l) 1.5 – 187.5, SO4 2- (mg/l) 1.0 – 25.0, Ca (mg/l) 4-560, Mg (mg/l) 2.0 – 2960.0, Zn (mg/l) 4.8 – 280, Cu (mg/l) or 0.04 – 3.40, Fe (mg/l) 4.8 – 280. The following parameters were not detected in borehole samples but in the canal samples, Cd (mg/l) ranged between 0.24 – 0.46, Pb (mg/l) 0.09 – 0.12, Hg (mg/l) 0.05 – 0.09. Almost all the values obtained exceeded the WHO/FME standard limit for drinking water. The bacteriological analysis on water samples revealed total heterotrophic bacteria (cfu/ml) of range 1.45 – 4.20 x 108, total heterotrophic fungi (cfu/ml) 3.0 – 19.0 x 103. Total coliform (cfu/ml), 1.18 – 7.0 x 104 were detected only in the canal samples. The bacteriological results confirmed intense water pollution in the Canal as values obtained exceeded the zero permissible limit of WHO/FME standards. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | O.T., Oyelola & A.I, Babatunde & I M, Okolue. (2018). Pollution of Ground Water through Surface Input from Domestic Agricultural and Industrial Sources in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria. 3. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1597-9261 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4773 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Groundwater | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pollutants | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aquatic organisms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water demand | en_US |
| dc.subject | Degradation processes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Microbial test | en_US |
| dc.title | Pollution of Groundwater through Surface Input from Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Sources in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |