Heavy metal content and health risk assessment of a South-eastern Nigeria River

ED Anyanwu, ED Nwachukwu - Applied Water Science, 2020 - Springer
An enormous deficiency lag exists in the demand and supply of potable water in Umuahia,
Abia State, Nigeria. The people have to pay lots of money to get potable water from water …

Evaluation of some heavy metals concentration in River Argungu

IO Obaroh, U Abubakar, MA Haruna… - Journal of fisheries …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
Pollution of inland water ways is largely as a result of human activities along the river banks.
Some heavy metals concentrations of River Argungu were evaluated due to its close …

Ecological and health risk assessment of trace metals in waters from North-West Zone of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

U Effiong Jonah, C Friday Mendie, U Greogry Asuquo - Pollution, 2023 - jpoll.ut.ac.ir
Metals contamination in water is becoming a threat to human health. The studies ecological
and health risk assessment of trace metals was conducted in seven water bodies in Akwa …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of physicochemical qualities, heavy metals concentration and bacterial pathogens in Elechi Creek, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

CP Aleru, CK Wachukwu, SD Abbey… - International Journal of …, 2019 - academia.edu
Escherichia coli is one of the most frequent causes of many common bacterial infections,
such as urinary tract infection (UTI), cholangitis, diarrhoea, bacteraemia, neonatal meningitis …

[PDF][PDF] Determination of some heavy metals in three selected Fish species from river Zamare, Nigeria

CM Elinge, IO Obaroh, A Muhammad… - … Journal of Fisheries …, 2019 - fisheriesjournal.com
Human activities had been the major cause of pollution in water globally. The concentrations
of heavy metals being a major pollutant could be assessed using aquatic vertebrate. Thus …

Investigation for heavy metals in river waters in the federal capital territory, North Central of Nigeria

AT Talabi, KO Odunaike, LP Akinyemi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Water is a universal solvent that has the ability to dissolve any compound. It is of great
importance to the existence of mankind, as it serves as a means of drinking, clean energy …

[PDF][PDF] Physico-Chemical and Heavy Metal Analyses of Some Ground Water in Bunza, North Western, Nigeria

C Elinge, HA Muhammed, I Obaroh - American Journal of Applied …, 2015 - academia.edu
Water contaminants such as chemicals, household waste or microorganism are known to be
dangerous to human health and other living organism, thus the basis for this study. The …

[PDF][PDF] INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SHALLOW GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN SEMIARID BASIN

SU WALI - 2022 - eprints.utm.my
Groundwater is the water that is found below the earth's surface. It can be divided into two
categories which are shallow and deep groundwater. Shallow groundwater (SGW) quality is …

Selected trace heavy metals concentrations in well and borehole water in Aliero metropolis

IS Shabanda, SA Kilgori, S Umar… - … Research Journal of …, 2014 - archive.pcbmb.org
Human activities had been the major causes of water pollution, and the presence of heavy
metals could be an indicator that water bodies are polluted. This research examined the …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Water Collected From River Yobe Nigeria

MU Nasir, MB Barkoma - 2020 - easpublisher.com
Dumpsites exist throughout the developing countries present a threat to human's health and
the natural ecosystems. This study is aimed at investigating the effect of dumping site at the …