Assessment of wastewater discharge impact from a sewage treatment plant on lagoon water, Lagos, Nigeria

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-282

  Longe, E O ^a   Ogundipe, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Lagoon; Parameters; Pollution; Sewage; Treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; FOOD PRODUCTION; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LAGOON; LAGOON SYSTEMS; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MEASURED PARAMETERS; NIGERIA; PARAMETERS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAMPLING METHOD; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLES; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DROUGHT; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAKES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

EID: 79953083109     PISSN: 20407459     EISSN: 20407467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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