Assessment of tannery industrial effluents from kano metropolis, kano state, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2788-2793

  Akan, J C ^a   Moses, E A ^a   Ogugbuaja, V O ^a   Abah, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Assessment; Industrial effluent; Kano; Tannery

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATES; POLLUTION; REDOX REACTIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT; CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; KANO; SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; TANNERY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 36048953981     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.2788.2793     Document Type: Article

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