Development of Sustainable Ground Water Source Protection Zone as Panacea to Health Hazards from Ground Water Contamination in Abia State
- October 12, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Environmental Science, IJRSI
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue IX, September 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705
Enyinna Gregory. C
Chair of Environmental Geology, Environmental Resources Management, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus Seftenberg, Germany/ Department of Project Management Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria
Abstract:-The disasters associated with groundwater contamination in relation human health hazards are subjective to proper scientific investigation so as to proffer solution through construction of sustainable groundwater source protection zone. Groundwater quality was investigated through sampling of 24 water samples from boreholes in 12 local government areas in Abia state under standard quality assurance for rainy season and dry season samples and laboratory analysis using membrane filtration technique for microbial analysis where 100ml of sample were filtered under vacuum on sterilized Nitrocellulose filter of pore size of 0.45mm with the help of filtration rack and Nitrate was determined by Cadmium reduction method using HI83200 multiparameter bench photometer at a wavelength of 525nm. The results were compared with WHO standard on the graph to show the extent of contamination and graphs showed that 9 samples had total vibrio contamination. 12 samples had contaminated total salmonella contamination, 11 samples had total fecal contamination, 11 samples were had total E coli contamination, and 5 samples had nitrate contamination for rainy season. Dry season samples has 9 contaminated samples of total vibrio count, 9 contaminated samples of total salmonella count, 11 contaminated samples of total fecal count, and 11 contaminated samples of total E coli count and 7 contaminated samples of Nitrate contamination. The variation in results was due to fluctuated increase in rainfall frequency during dry season. Based on the literatures that specified the human health effects of these contaminations I developed Pre-plan and Post- plan in addition to the concept of groundwater protection zone for the sustainability of the concept in Nigeria which will serve as a panacea to disastrous pollution and contamination of groundwater with the damaging health impacts of high morbidity and mortality rate.
Key Words:- Groundwater protection zone, Sustainability, Laboratory, contamination, Health harzads
