CHARACTERIZING POLLUTION DETERMINANTS OF ABATTOIR EFFLUENTS TO DEVELOP A LOW COST TREATMENT PLANT

Abstract

Effluents samples were investigated lor possible Seven abattoirs studied. from major abattoirs presence of effluents abattoir sites following the waste effluent standard receiving Organisation standards (WIIO) Findings indicated procedures. and the pollution that the Total Suspended organic. abattoirswere particularly inorgan ic and suspended not too high. It ranged the solids wastes presence confirm the presence !\ ofmicro oilers some matters. jungc» organisms and the effluent suggestions Tile value» between -'50 and 54U mg/l, \l a screen. . characteristics on methods either (Il)<)(») Effluents. abattoir. analyses, pollutiun. / total bacteria which arc indicators lrcc to disl'~ISl'S, ;1 Sl'pl ic tank and <I Ii ltr.uion lor pollution \'1 standard of 1200 10" c lu mu. which were quill' were confirmed. were compared with m.muull , or with screens. hci'lI rl' ,1I1d slaughterhouse country Keywords: varied l Ihl' Illt;d So Iill Irom all the ~ln;d:sis sil()\\ l'd IIl;11the ;I\crage with water-borne plant containing in till' pilysicochetfiieal th.u tile s.u nplc-, were ill'<\\ iI: loaded Ul/n!IIS associated Ilo\\ occurred o l 100 mg./I and the Conductivity :\ 10 1' and 7() \ S{(ffJliY/OC()CCIiS of the \\l'1'l' determined. from tile el'lllll'lltS belwcenjO ones were with till' World Health [rom 29X to ()()O, Clllllp;lrl'd tll Ihl' \\'110 The microbiological Ecol! and low cost treatment designed and evaluated developing sarnplcs or indicated were separated in one of the abattoir. count from the various high, The environment. lrom May to .July 2004, \\ hich appreciable 'Slliid (I SS) \aril'd to W'110 (! 996) standard 8,6 x I O~ and 24,0 x I 02~lO which extended \\ ere compared determinants Nigeria. lrom till' vicinity were ~111;iI:SL'l1 III determine The results of the c+Ilucrus which were quite high compared project The period o/" sampling strc1l111S, ;'1 he samples parameters, since Oil till' immediate ~II dilll'1'l'11I locution period in the city o l /xkurc. during and microbiological colloidal. and rhc ir ellects and water were collccrcd which falls within the raining mg/l of pollutants within the city of Akurc were idcnu lied, out lll' \\ hich lour nHlst prominent Samples between' IOC<llL:din /vkurc. all urban cit:- ill Southcm sl<l{lt'-hter house. hactcri.: