Onwuagba, Chinwe Grace2024-11-202024-11-202014-11Onwuagba, C. G. (2014). Impact of oil spillage on physicochemical quality parameters of Abonema creek water(Unpublished Master's Thesis). Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeriahttps://repository.futo.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14562/1533The master's thesis contains tables and figuresThe current study investigated the impact of oil spillage on Physicochemical Quality parameters of Abonema creek water. Water sample was collected with a container from 3 different locations which included the control site. The samples were subjected to standard physicochemical analysis. Among other parameters analysed, conductivity(µs/cm2) (22000 – 29600),TDS (mg/L) (15400 – 20720), total petroleum hydrocarbon (mg/L) (0.001-1246.6) SO4-2(mg/L) (350 –510),Cl-(mg/L) (6900-8900), Pb2+(0.014 – 0.266 ), and alkalinity (mg/L) (65 – 75), where all above recommended WHO standard. This implies that the river is polluted by the discharge of effluent from petroleum exploration activities. Water sample from the affected site was more higher than that of the control. Companies should not wait until a spill is out of hand before a cleanup intervention; timely cleanup exercise should be encouraged.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalMangroove swampbiodiversityparaffinhydrocarbonexplorationhazardsDepartment of Environmental TechnologyMaster’s Thesis