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Assessment Of The Contributions Of Hydrologic Cycle To The Water Quality Profile
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Water
Water is essential
for man’s existence, it is needed in large quantities and in all
wholesomeness despite the requirements for potable supply, water is
needed for power generation, irrigation, recreation, industrial
production processes and in waste disposal. The importance of water made
it possible for nature to distribute it all over the regions of the
earth. The planet earth contains about 70% water in form of oceans,
seas, rivers, lakes and ground water. Water provided for human
consumption should receive minimum possible treatment, though the best
supply is one which needs no treatment at all. Public health is
vulnerable to the danger of incidence of diseases, mainly through water
borne, water related and water washed diseases. These diseases include
cholera, typhoid and para-typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fiver,
schistosomosois and guinea worm. Consequent to the incidence of disease,
water treatment processes become a preciosity that require careful
while handling. For an acceptable quality of water supply the
international standard for drinking water established by World Health
Organization (2007) states that water intended to human consumption must
be free from organisms and from concentration of chemical substances
that may be hazardous to health. Supplies of drinking water should be
pleasant to drinking as circumstance permit.
The quality of water
must be wholesome and palatable. Wholesome water must be free from
organisms, poisonous and excessive amount of mineral, turbidity taste,
odour, and must be well aerated.
1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
This
project laid more emphasis on the assessment of the contribution of
hydrologic cycle to the water quality of Otammiri River. To understand
how contamination of the River occurs, it is necessary to understand the
contributions of the hydrologic cycle to the Rivers, the water quality
along its profile from the confluence of Otammiri and Nworie River.
Water bodies can be fully characterized by the three major components;
hydrology, physic-chemistry and biology. Therefore this project
describes a complete assessment of water quality based on appropriate
monitoring of these components.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The aim of this project is to provide understanding of;
ï¶ The assessment of the contributions of hydrologic cycle to Otammiri River from the broadest perspective.
ï¶ Water quality potentials of Otammiri River
ï¶ Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water
ï¶ Water quality control and management.
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Water quality in the environment, sources of contamination, effects of
common impurities in water and self purification of water.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This Research or project is on the Assessment of the contributions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality profile of Otamiri River. Since the quality of the River is polluted by the waste from different sources. This project or research which its objective is to find out exactly the contributions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality of otamiri river and the health implications of these sorts department to the users of possible solutions to the problems observed in this cause of the ... Continue reading---
