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Possible Impacts of Wastewater Discharge from the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on the Biota of Great Kwa River, Nigeria

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  • Ama-Abasi DE
  • William G
  • Akpan ER

    (Institute of Oceanography, University of Calabar, Nigeria)

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Waste water generated from hospitals usually contain pathogens human tissues and fluids partially metabolized pharmaceutical substances with genotoxic properties, chemical substances, heavy metals, and radioactive waste, which may endanger public health and welfare. According to Emmanuel et al. [1], hospitals generate an average of 750 litres of waste water by bed per day. These effluents are loaded with pathogenic microorganisms and other toxic chemical substances Hospital effluent and most public waste water eventually end up in streams, lakes, rivers, sea, ocean where they often have deleterious effects on the receiving environment and interfere with the legitimate uses of the water resources Eg. Water for drinking, recreation, agriculture, aquaculture, industrial purposes and transportation among others. These hazardous effects are more pronounced and felt in communities where waste water treatment is lacking or inadequate [2,3].

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  • Ama-Abasi DE & William G & Akpan ER, 2017. "Possible Impacts of Wastewater Discharge from the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on the Biota of Great Kwa River, Nigeria," Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(5), pages 90-92, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jofoaj:v:1:y:2017:i:5:p:90-92
    DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2017.01.555571
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