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Pollution Problems And An Engineering Approach To The Management And Control Of Industrial Effluents
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The problems include deforestation, land and
water pollution, and contamination of ground water, poor environmental
sanitation, poorly planned road network, air and noise pollution,
destruction of natural food chain, toxicity and radioactivity within the
eco-system, etc. Others are:
- Rapidly increasing generation of industrial effluents and discharge into the available water courses
- Increasing difficulty of industries to comply and meet regional and national water quality standards and limits
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Increasing occurrence of water- borne diseases as a result of
pollutions from indiscriminate industrial effluents discharge into water
courses
- Deterioration of water quality standards and its
effects on water supply, aquatic ecosystems and public health due to
river pollution in populated areas
- Service delivery
standards: Many existing national environmental standards and
environmental management practices are based on those developed in
industrialized countries, under conditions totally different from those
existing in developing countries.
These standards are often
inappropriate, even where they are in theory appropriate they often
cannot be applied due to high cost.
1.3 Aims of the Research
The aims of this research include the:
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Determination of the dilution power and self- recovery ability of a
purposively selected river in Ado-Odo/Otta District after receiving
industrial effluents, and
ii. Assessment of the industrial waste management capability of the treatment facilities of selected industries.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the effects of effluent discharges from various point-loads on a purposively selected receiving river, the self-recovery ability of the river and the treatability of both the discharges and the receiving stream in a heavily industrialized community.The work involved field survey of industries producing and discharging effluents in the study area (Ado Odo/ Otta industrial zone of Ogun State, Nigeria); determination of the effluents‘ physico – chemical, biological ... Continue reading---
