Effects of Abattoir Wastewater on River/Stream: A Case Study of Ekulu River Emene Abattoir Activities

Abstract:

This study examines the extent of contamination of untreated waste water in abattoir especially in Emene and the impact on the ecology of micro-organisms in the waste water. There has been no sewage treatment system constructed for managing waste water from the abattoir and recent publication showed that zoonotic diseases like tuberculosis are yet to be fully controlled in abattoir. The waste water generated flows directly with the Ekulu River without treatment, the activities of this abattoir remain unregulated. This paper aimed at assessing the abattoir waste water sample from Ekulu River Emene Abattoir for physical and chemical properties with respect to the following parameters; temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity, acidity, alkalinity, total solid, dissolve and suspended solid, total hardness, copper, iron, lead, chloride, sulphate, COD, BOD, calcium/magnesium and phosphorus. The result analysis obtained for these parameters shows that the downstream sample B contains more of these parameters by far than the upstream sample A, which is an indication that the abattoir activities in/beside the river is having adverse effect on streams/rivers.