Toxicants in Water: Hydrochemical Appraisal of Toxic Metals Concentration and Seasonal Variation in Drinking Water Quality in Oil and Gas Field Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

Morufu Raimi (morufuolalekan.raimi@gmail.com), Henry Olawale Sawyerr, Ifeanyichukwu Clinton Ezekwe and Salako Gabriel

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Abstract: Groundwater pollution is a major issue in many tropical countries. Governments at all levels are doing little or nothing to supply inhabitants with clean and accessible water, particularly in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. This study compares differences in water quality parameters in the study area (determine the level of pollutions in the different sites). The investigation made use of standard analytical methodologies. All sampling, conservation, transportation as well as analysis followed the usual APHA procedures (2012). To prevent degradation of the organic substances, all obtained samples were transferred to the laboratory, while keeping in an icebox. Result shows that during wet season, the mean values obtained for water quality parameters were significantly lower in site 9 compared with that obtained in other sites (p 0.05) and both alkalinity and SO4 which were significantly higher in site 9 than site 1 (p 0.05) while other water quality parameters were significantly lower in site 9 than other sites excluding Cl and Mg which were both significantly higher in site 9 than site 8 (p

Keywords: reproductive health; human health risk; toxicants; community awareness; extractive industry; Core Niger Delta; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102656

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