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 …

Heavy metal pollution in immobile and mobile components of lentic ecosystems—a review

RAA Meena, P Sathishkumar, F Ameen… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
With growing population and urbanization, there is an increasing exploitation of natural
resources, and this often results to environmental pollution. In this review, the levels of heavy …

A review of the status, challenges, trends, and prospects of groundwater quality assessment in Nigeria: an evidence-based meta-analysis approach

ME Omeka, AL Ezugwu, JC Agbasi, JC Egbueri… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
With the imminent industrial growth and population increase, Nigeria will continue to
experience significant shifts in the quality of water, with a rise in emerging contaminants …

Concentrations and human health risk of heavy metals in rivers in Southwest Nigeria

IM Adesiyan, M Bisi-Johnson… - Journal of Health …, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background. Rivers are the most vital freshwater resources in the world. In Southwest
Nigeria, anthropogenic activity stresses the quantity and quality of water resources …

Using heavy metal pollution indices to assess water quality of surface and groundwater on catchment levels in South Africa

E Atangana, PJ Oberholster - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Olifants River catchment has been adversely affected by anthropogenic land-
use activities over the last decade. This study aims to determine the variation in surface and …

Potentially toxic elements in pharmaceutical industrial effluents: a review on risk assessment, treatment, and management for human health

HK Okoro, MM Orosun, FA Oriade, TM Momoh-Salami… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are metallic chemicals with densities that are higher than
that of water. Water pollution by PTEs due to the discharge of untreated pharmaceutical …

Assessment of heavy metal pollution on groundwater quality in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

MO Eyankware, OC Akakuru, WO Osisanya… - Sustainable Water …, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metal (HM) pollution in groundwater poses a significant environmental threat to the
Niger Delta region of Nigeria, principally because of the activities of oil companies within the …

Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment

L Polechońska, A Klink - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pollution with trace elements is considered a global problem due to their persistence,
nondegradability, and toxicity to living organisms. Aquatic ecosystems are often the final …

Quantification of contamination, ecological risk index, and health risk assessment of groundwater using artificial neural network and multi-linear regression modeling …

OC Akakuru, MO Eyankware, OU Akakuru… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This paper examined the efficiency of artificial neural network (ANN) and multivariate linear
regression (MLR) models in the prediction of groundwater quality parameters such as …

Impact assessment of wastewater discharge from a textile industry in Lagos, Nigeria

TO Durotoye, AA Adeyemi, DO Omole… - Cogent …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The quality of effluent from a wool and synthetic textile manufacturing company in Nigeria
was examined by obtaining triplicate samples per week over a 6-week period. This was …