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Heavy Metals' Analysis of Leachate From Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Nekede, Owerri, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Ibeh Olusola,
Okafor Ikechukwu,
Udochi Solomon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.692.10
Subject(s) - leachate , municipal solid waste , heavy metals , environmental science , contamination , groundwater , waste management , environmental engineering , streams , surface water , environmental chemistry , geology , chemistry , engineering , ecology , geotechnical engineering , computer network , computer science , biology
Although municipal solid waste landfills have become an indispensable part of modern‐day societies, the presence of heavy metal in leachate from such pose a serious threat of contamination to water bodies, especially when the landfill is unlined. The assessment of heavy metals in leachate from the unlined landfill in Nekede, Owerri in Imo state of Nigeria was carried out. Samples were collected from actual leachate streams in the landfill and analyzed using standard procedures. Results show that certain heavy metals in the leachate were above the drinking water and waste water discharge standards by NESREA, NEMA and WHO. Ca, Hg, Se, As, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cd and Pb were all above the permissible limits in concentrations of 127.6, 1.57, 0.63, 1.46, 1.57, 68.21, 11.18, 0.31 and 1.15 respectively, all in mg/l. In view of the potential of the leachate to pollute the surrounding surface and ground water sources in the vicinity of the landfill it is pertinent that appropriate regulatory bodies intervene to rehabilitate the landfill and also to continuously monitor the ground water sources around the area in order to contain any contamination that might occur. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .