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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
ISSN: 1119-8362
Vol. 21, No. 4, 2017, pp. 734-740
Bioline Code: ja17079
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2017, pp. 734-740

 en Physicochemical and Bacteriological Assessment of Tannery Effluent from Samaru - Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
MOHAMMED, SSD; ORUKOTAN, AA & ABDULLAHI, H

Abstract

Physicochemical and bacteriological assessment of tannery effluent from Samaru-Zaria was carried out. A total of six (6) tannery effluent samples (from site A- point of discharge, site B- 20m from point of discharge, site C- 40m from point of discharge, site D- 60m from point of discharge, site E- 80m from point of discharge and site F- 100m from point of discharge) were collected from the Nigerian Leather and Science Technology, Samaru - Zaria, Kaduna State in sterile labeled screw capped bottles. Physicochemical and bacteriological analysis was carried out using standard techniques. The physicochemical analysis revealed the appearance of the effluent to be dark-brown with unpleasant odour. the effluent further revealed the presence and at different concentrations of total solids, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, total hardness, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, nitrite, nitrate, chloride, fluoride, sulphate, phosphate, cadmium, zinc and copper, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), oil and grease all in mg/L except pH. Bacillus check for this species in other resources sp had percentage occurrence of 100%, Pseudomonas check for this species in other resources sp had 83.3%, Flavobacterium check for this species in other resources , Micrococcus check for this species in other resources and Staphylococcus check for this species in other resources sp had 66.7% each, Proteus check for this species in other resources and Klebsiella check for this species in other resources sp had 50.0% occurrence each, Streptococcus check for this species in other resources had 33.3% while Escherichia coli check for this species in other resources had the least percentage of occurrence of 16.7 from the samples of the tannery effluent analyzed respectively. The highest viable count was observed from site F which is 100m away from the point of discharge and had 4.09 x 107 cfu/ml and the lowest from site A (point of discharge) with 1.2 x 107cfu/ml. The treatment of tannery effluents before discharge into the environment is necessary using biotreatment. This will reduce or eliminate environmental pollutions which could be detrimental to humans, animal s and plants.

Keywords
Physicochemical; bacteria; COD; BOD; effluent

 
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