Modeling the Effect of Pollution on Dissolved Oxygen (Do) Content of River Benue in Makurdi Town
Journal Title: American journal of Engineering Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
River Benue, one of the two major rivers in Nigeria is polluted due to human activities in the area and the environs. Samples were taken from different sources for the study. Field sampling, laboratory analysis and regression analysis, modeling of Dissolved Oxygen with distance for the months in question were carried out. The maximum DO was found to be 5.4 mg/l in the month of July while the minimum DO recorded in August was 3.2 mg/l. Comparing this with WHO standards, there was depletion of oxygen which is detrimental to aquatic life. It was found that DO in the river falls within 4mg/l to 5mg/l as minimum values as specified by WHO for fish and aquatic life. The models formulation for months of April to August yielded values of coefficient of correlation ranging from 0.6693 to 0.7376 implying good fitting.
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1 S. Apeh,, C. N. Ezugwu
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