Industrial wastewater treatment in Port Harcourt city

This paper is centered on the study of two-wastewater treatment plants namely: The Pure stream Sewage Treatment Plant based on the Extended Aeration Method belonging to an Oil Servicing/Contracting Company, represented here as SWTP and The wastewater treatment plant based on the Principle of Sequencing Batch Reactor Process owned by a Vegetable Oil Company, represented here as RWTP. The objectives of this study were to: [1] Determine effluent qualities discharge by these two plants. [2] Determine the effluent treatment efficiencies of the plants and [3] Identify factors, which militate against the performance of the treatment plants

Assessment of water supply and sanitation of some coastal communities of the Niger Delta

A series of separate surveys were carried out on six coastal communities within a span of three years. The study focused on the assessment of water supply and sanitation facilities in the selected communities. Water samples were collected at various sources (boreholes, rivers, wells, streams and springs). Physico-chemical and Microbiological characteristics of the various water samples from the study areas show that all the water sources in the study areas were not fit for human consumption or for any reasonable use. The quality of sanitation facilities in these communities were grossly inadequate. Therefore, there is a need to develop deliberate specific programmes that are fit for purpose to address the total lack of adequate water supply and sanitation in the coastal communities of the Niger Delta. The study makes recommendations for the development of a ‘Framework for Intervention Programmes on Water Supply and Sanitation for Coastal Communities in the region’