Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria
Jebba Upper Basin upstream at Kainji, was constructed on River Niger in Nigeria during the last five decades mainly for hydropower generation, but receives pollutants through anthropogenic activities. This study assesses physical and chemical characteristics of Jebba upper basin on River Niger, Nor...
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| author | K. M. Adelakun A. A. Idowu W. O. Alegbeleye T. A. Arowolo A. O. Akinde |
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Jebba Upper Basin upstream at Kainji, was constructed on River Niger in Nigeria during the last five decades mainly for hydropower generation, but receives pollutants through anthropogenic activities. This study assesses physical and chemical characteristics of Jebba upper basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria using appropriate standard methods. The results show that the mean values of the physical and chemical parameters of water were: temperature (27.89±1.84 °C), pH (7.17±0.22), dissolved oxygen (6.35±0.91 mg/L), total hardness (42.33±32.89 mg/L), biological oxygen demand (2.85±1.07 mg/L), and conductivity (51.13±29.09 µs/cm). The result shows that temperature has significant positive (either at r < 0.05 and r < 0.01) association with Total Hardness (TH) (0.47), BOD (0.30) and NO3- (0.43) though inversely correlated with transparency (-0.29, r >0.05). Total Hardness also have a positive correlation (0.52, r >0.05) with nitrate. Spatial-temporal variations influenced by environmental factors were observed to impacted water quality parameters in the study area.
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| spelling | doaj.art-26a2f58cc6074c5b8dcbae3adbc010d62024-03-29T14:39:38ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992023-11-01271110.4314/jasem.v27i11.22Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central NigeriaK. M. AdelakunA. A. IdowuW. O. AlegbeleyeT. A. ArowoloA. O. Akinde Jebba Upper Basin upstream at Kainji, was constructed on River Niger in Nigeria during the last five decades mainly for hydropower generation, but receives pollutants through anthropogenic activities. This study assesses physical and chemical characteristics of Jebba upper basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria using appropriate standard methods. The results show that the mean values of the physical and chemical parameters of water were: temperature (27.89±1.84 °C), pH (7.17±0.22), dissolved oxygen (6.35±0.91 mg/L), total hardness (42.33±32.89 mg/L), biological oxygen demand (2.85±1.07 mg/L), and conductivity (51.13±29.09 µs/cm). The result shows that temperature has significant positive (either at r < 0.05 and r < 0.01) association with Total Hardness (TH) (0.47), BOD (0.30) and NO3- (0.43) though inversely correlated with transparency (-0.29, r >0.05). Total Hardness also have a positive correlation (0.52, r >0.05) with nitrate. Spatial-temporal variations influenced by environmental factors were observed to impacted water quality parameters in the study area. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/260045Human activities; pollution; spatio-temporal; water quality; physicochemical characteristics |
| spellingShingle | K. M. Adelakun A. A. Idowu W. O. Alegbeleye T. A. Arowolo A. O. Akinde Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Human activities; pollution; spatio-temporal; water quality; physicochemical characteristics |
| title | Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria |
| title_full | Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria |
| title_short | Assessment of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Jebba Upper Basin on River Niger, North Central Nigeria |
| title_sort | assessment of physical and chemical characteristics of jebba upper basin on river niger north central nigeria |
| topic | Human activities; pollution; spatio-temporal; water quality; physicochemical characteristics |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/260045 |
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