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    Quality of Trans-Amadi Creek in the vicnity of abattoir
    (Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2020) Adiele, Godspower
    This study presents the effect of abattoir waste and waste water on the quality of the Trans-amadi Creek, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Physicochemical and bacteriological parameters were assessed to evaluate the effect of the abattoir discharge in the Creek. Water samples from the Trans-Amadi Creek were collected from three locations, the upstream, middle-stream (point of abattoir effluent discharge) and the downstream. In-situ measurements were made and water samples collected with sample bottles according to standard methods for laboratory analysis. Analysis of variance and Water Quality Index were used to analyze the data. Values of the parameters obtained at the upstream, middle-stream and downstream were: pH 4.46, 5.09 and 5.51, color 10, 10 and 5pt/co, TDS 32, 25 and 22mg/l, electrical conductivity 50, 38 and 34 us/cm, TSS 6.5, 10.5 and 6.0mg/l, alkalinity 1.04, 1.54 and 1.55mg/l, total hardness 1243, 1505 and 1690mg/l, chloride 1205, 1820 and 3620mg/l, NO3 15.1, 16.60 and 18.10mg/l, Nitrate-nitrogen 3.40, 3.70 and 4.10mg/l, SO4 36.1, 42.1 and 37.5mg/l, NH4 1.02. ND and ND, DO 4.40, 4.25 and 4.35mg/l, BOD 3.20, 3.60 and 3.40mg/l, COD 142.5, 140.6 and 135.1mg/l, Phosphate 1.50, 0.50 and 1.40mg/l, Phosphorus 0.50, 0.20 and 0.40mg/l, Zn 0.260, 0.108 and 0.230, THC 2600, 2150 and 2860cfu/100ml, Total FaecalColiform 110, 150 and 320cfu/100ml, E.Coli 30, 40 and 100cfu/100ml respectively.High concentration of TSS, SO4 and BOD were recorded at the point of abattoir discharge. Also TSS, TH, chloride, COD, THC, Total coliform and E.coli were above the WHO 2011 and FEPA 1991 acceptable limit for drinking water. The results of the Water Quality Index shows the river is not of good quality. From the findings, it is recommended that there should be sensitization on the importance of proper waste disposal and the implication of improper waste disposal within the environment.