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Aspects of Aquatic Pollution in Nigeria
A.T. Ekubo and J.F.N. Abowei
Corresponding Author: Abowei Jasper
Submitted: 2011 May, 17
Accepted: 2011 June, 28
Published: 2011 November, 10 |
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Water pollution is a major problem in the global context. Yet aquatic resources consists of extremely
wide range of floral and fauna resources which offer a broad array of goods with potential utilitarian application
in agriculture, innovative industry and the pharmaceutical industry which renders valuable benefits and
services. The slow poisoning of the waters is witnessed in Nigeria and the destruction of vegetation and
agricultural land by oil spills which occur during petroleum operations. But since the inception of the oil
industry in Nigeria, more than twenty-five years ago, there has been no concerned and effective effort on the
part of the government, let alone the oil operators, to control environmental problems associated with the
industry'. The article reviews the meaning of water pollution, water pollution categories, point source pollution,
non-point source pollution, ground water pollution, causes of water pollution, pathogens, chemicals and other
contaminants, thermal pollution, transport and chemical reactions of pollution, measurement of pollution,
sampling, physical testing, chemical testing, biological testing, control of water pollution, domestic sewage,
industrial waste water, agricultural waste water, construction site storm water urban runoff (storm water),
radiation pollution, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, The National Policy on Environment, The
national environmental reference laboratory, Water resources management, Strategies under the National Policy
on Environment, Industrial water pollution control programme, Industrial effluent standards to provide some
information on the Nigeria situation.
Key words: Causes, control, effects, fate, Government policies, Nigeria, types, water pollution
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A.T. Ekubo and J.F.N. Abowei, . Aspects of Aquatic Pollution in Nigeria. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (6): 673-693.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-0492
ISSN (Print): 2041-0484 |
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