Assessment of Drinking Water Samples Around Selected Oil Spillage and Metal Recycling Company in Lagos State, Nigeria

Heavy-metals in drinking waters

Authors

  • Oyebamiji O. Oketayo Health and Environmental Physics Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Rufus T. Akinnubi Department of Physics, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
  • Fredrick O. Adeyemi Department of Physical Sciences, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State Nigeria
  • Olushola S. Ayanda Department of Chemistry, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Simphiwe N. Nelana Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South Africa

Keywords:

Heavy metals, Environmental pollution, Flame atomic absorption spectrometry, Oil spillage, Metal industry

Abstract

In recent times, anthropogenic source has been considered to be one of the major sources of environmental pollution. In this study, the levels of six heavy metals (Cadmium -Cd, Copper-Cu, Chromium-Cr, Iron-Fe, Mangenese- Mn and Lead-Pb) were assayed in water samples from well and borehole around Gemade oil spillage and Sun metal industry, Lagos, Nigeria using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS). The levels of these heavy metals were in the order Fe > Mn > Cu > Cd / Pb / Cr for the two sites and control, and within the range 0.001-10.162 mg/L. The results showed that significant difference exists between these levels and the controls (tv < 0.005). In most cases, the levels of Fe and Mn from the sites were found above the WHO/FEPA limits. Significant differences exist between the levels of Cu and Mn in well and borehole water samples (tv = 0.004 -0.005) but not Fe (tv = 0.31 - 0.91). This indicated that the surrounding drinking water samples were polluted with some of these metals. The results obtained in this work also gave the baseline levels of these metals in the water samples at the selected sites.

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Published

2022-12-29

How to Cite

Assessment of Drinking Water Samples Around Selected Oil Spillage and Metal Recycling Company in Lagos State, Nigeria: Heavy-metals in drinking waters. (2022). African Scientific Reports, 1(3), 154-160. https://doi.org/10.46481/asr.2022.1.3.23

Issue

Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2022

Section

Original Research
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Assessment of Drinking Water Samples Around Selected Oil Spillage and Metal Recycling Company in Lagos State, Nigeria: Heavy-metals in drinking waters. (2022). African Scientific Reports, 1(3), 154-160. https://doi.org/10.46481/asr.2022.1.3.23