Investigating Groundwater Contamination Following the Disposal of Hospital Wastes in a Government Reserved Area, Enugu, Nigeria

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• 作者：C. T. Eze ; O. R. Nwagwe ; E. B. Ogbuene…
• 关键词：Microbial isolates ; Physicochemical ; Hospital wastes ; Groundwater contamination ; Environmental and Public health
• 刊名：Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：98
• 期：2
• 页码：218-225
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• 刊物主题：Pollution, general; Environmental Health; Ecotoxicology; Soil Science & Conservation; Environmental Chemistry; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1432-0800
• 卷排序：98

文摘

This study investigated the probable contamination of groundwater following hospital wastes disposal in a Government Reserved Area, Enugu, Nigeria. The ground water samples were collected from three distinct locations denoted as GW₁, GW₂ and GW₃ at distances of about 100, 200 and 350 m respectively from the hospital location. The samples were collected during the dry season (December 2015, January and February 2016) and wet season (June, July and August 2016) and analyzed with standard procedures. The level of contamination of groundwater in the area was generally higher in the wet season than in dry season. The degree of contamination varies with distance and hence in the following order GW₁ > GW₂ > GW₃ in both seasons. The study revealed the presence of both pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms and values of the determined physicochemical ranged from (0.02 ± 0.01–272 ± 2.22 mg/L) in both seasons. The hospital management should develop effective ways to manage their wastes to protect the environment and public health.