A comprehensive review of water quality monitoring and assessment in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world with about 199 million people. About
66.3 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In this study, research …

A systematic literature analysis of the nature and regional distribution of water pollution sources in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi, JA Adeniran… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality monitoring and assessment helps to determine the purity of water and how
safe it is for use. This also guides environmental engineers in identifying the pollution …

Assessment of oral and dermal health risk exposures associated with contaminated water resources: an update in Ojoto area, southeast Nigeria

DA Ayejoto, JC Agbasi, JC Egbueri… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the oral and dermal health risks of potentially toxic elements in water samples
collected from Ojoto area in southeast Nigeria were studied using HHRISK code and water …

Contamination, sources and risk assessments of metals in media from Anka artisanal gold mining area, Northwest Nigeria

AJ Adewumi - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Mining is a major human activity that has contributed significantly to high degree of
environmental and human health degradation. This study was done to uncover the degree …

Metal (loid) s, nitrate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and radioactive contaminants in Nigerian water resources: state-of-the-art of their ecological and health risk …

JC Egbueri, JC Agbasi, AL Ezugwu, ME Omeka… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Water quality issues in Nigeria pose significant environmental and public health challenges.
While previous reviews have addressed aspects of water contamination, a comprehensive …

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

E Nkiaka, RG Bryant, M Okumah… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs)
should be achieved. While other developing regions seem to be making progress toward …

Quality Water, Not Everywhere: Assessing the Hydrogeochemistry of Water Quality across Ebocha-Obrikom Oil and Gas Flaring Area in the Core Niger Delta Region …

OM Raimi, OH Sawyerr, CI Ezekwe… - Pollution …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract In Rivers State, Nigeria, indigenous communities of Ebocha-Obrikom have access
to the nearly worst drinking water quality in the province. Accordingly, there are some …

Water quality of streams associated with artisanal gold mining; Suárez, Department of Cauca, Colombia

JAG Corredor, EH Pérez, R Figueroa, AF Casas - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Gold mining is one of the major problems of contamination of hydric resources in Colombia,
this practice generates a high impact on water quality due to the accumulation of waste …

Hydrogeochemical and pollution assessment of water resources within a mining area, SE Nigeria, using an integrated approach

O Igwe, ME Omeka - International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2022 - Springer
The hydrogeochemical signatures, quality, and suitability of water resources in Okurumutet-
Iyamitet mine sites, southeastern Nigeria were evaluated using indexical and chemometric …

Assessment of heavy metal pollution of soil-water-vegetative ecosystems associated with artisanal gold mining

E Amoakwah, S Ahsan, MA Rahman… - Soil and Sediment …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Worldwide demand for gold has accelerated unregulated, small-scale artisanal gold mining
(AGM) activities, which are responsible for widespread environmental pollution in Ghana …