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Vol.4 , No. 6, Publication Date: Dec. 26, 2017, Page: 114-118
 were chosen spatially along a nearby river course to reflect a consideration of all industrial activities that are capable of changing the quality of river water. Water samples were analysed for its pH, temperature (°C), electrical conductivity (µS/cm), sulphate (SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>), nitrate (NO<sup>3-</sup>), phosphate (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>), chloride (Cl<sup>-</sup>), total suspended solid (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), total solid () (TS), total alkalinity (TA), total hardness (TH) and heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cd, Mg and Cu) using standard methods. The assessment of the quality of this river water revealed that both upstream and downstream of the rivers were more polluted than the point of effluent discharge. This study also established that the surface water quality of all sampling points of the river was significantly affected by a non-point source of contamination as indicated by the physicochemical parameters monitored. The downstream of the river should be given more attention to as the concentrations of all parameters were higher than other sampling points.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/904.jpg)
| [1] | Ademola Olamide Sodiq, Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. |
| [2] | Adeoye Abiodun Oluwatosin, Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. |
| [3] | Odebiyi Oluwasegun Samuel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda. |
This study is an assessment of the impact of a pharmaceutical industry in Ilorin, Kwara state discharges on the quality of water around the industry. Three locations (point source, upstream and downstream) were chosen spatially along a nearby river course to reflect a consideration of all industrial activities that are capable of changing the quality of river water. Water samples were analysed for its pH, temperature (°C), electrical conductivity (µS/cm), sulphate (SO42-), nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), chloride (Cl-), total suspended solid (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), total solid () (TS), total alkalinity (TA), total hardness (TH) and heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cd, Mg and Cu) using standard methods. The assessment of the quality of this river water revealed that both upstream and downstream of the rivers were more polluted than the point of effluent discharge. This study also established that the surface water quality of all sampling points of the river was significantly affected by a non-point source of contamination as indicated by the physicochemical parameters monitored. The downstream of the river should be given more attention to as the concentrations of all parameters were higher than other sampling points.
Keywords
Environment, Industrial Discharge, Point Source, Pollution, Water Quality
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