IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/nathaz/v55y2010i2p307-319.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Spatial variation in acid and some heavy metal composition of rainwater harvesting in the oil-producing region of Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • S. Efe

Abstract

The study adopted the experimental research design and field survey of the oil-producing region of Nigeria for the past 10 years. A total of 100 sterilized rain gauges were randomly distributed on the basis of 50 each to the eastern and western division of the oil company operating in the region. The rainwater samples harvested through this process were transferred into sterilized plastic containers and kept in coolers and taken immediately to the laboratory for analysis soon after every rain event. The rainwater samples were analysed in the laboratory with the most appropriate techniques. The physicochemical characteristics of rainwater harvested were subjected to paired t test and 3-year moving average statistical analysis. The following are the results: There is widespread acid rain in the region, this is evident from pH values that span 4.98–5.15 and 5.06 mean values. The result also revealed that acid rain (pH) varied significantly (P > 0.05), and it decreases with increasing distance from gas flare sites throughout the period of study. Other physicochemical characteristics of rainwater resources conform to safe limit with the exception of turbidity, TSS, Pb and NO 3, which is also significant at P > 0.05 with increasing distance from the gas flare sites, as such they decreases with increasing distance. This certainly has serious environmental effects on the human and other species, soil, water and vegetation resources and calls for the extinction of gas flaring, in this region. Sources of water that are acidified should be periodically limed to reduce the acid concentration in such water. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

Suggested Citation

  • S. Efe, 2010. "Spatial variation in acid and some heavy metal composition of rainwater harvesting in the oil-producing region of Nigeria," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 55(2), pages 307-319, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:55:y:2010:i:2:p:307-319
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9529-2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s11069-010-9529-2
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11069-010-9529-2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. S. I. Efe, 2006. "Quality of rainwater harvesting for rural communities of Delta State, Nigeria," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 175-181, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ojimba, Thankgod Peter, 2013. "Socio-Demographic Factors As Determinants Of Poverty In Crude Oil Polluted Crop Farms In Rivers State, Nigeria," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 1(1), pages 1-13, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ali Akbar Jamali & Reza Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, 2020. "Spatial Modeling Considering valley’s Shape and Rural Satisfaction in Check Dams Site Selection and Water Harvesting in the Watershed," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(10), pages 3331-3344, August.
    2. S. I. Oni & Emmanuel Ege, 2008. "Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Domestic Water Supply in Edo State," Indus Journal of Management & Social Science (IJMSS), Department of Business Administration, vol. 2(2), pages 87-98, December.
    3. David Baguma & Willibald Loiskandl & Helmut Jung, 2010. "Water Management, Rainwater Harvesting and Predictive Variables in Rural Households," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 24(13), pages 3333-3348, October.
    4. Marcus O. Edino & Godwin N. Nsofor & Leonard S. Bombom, 2010. "Perceptions and attitudes towards gas flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 67-75, March.
    5. Oana Brînzan & Marian Drăgoi & Dalia Bociort & Eugenia Țigan & Nicoleta Mateoc-Sîrb & Monica Lungu, 2020. "A Market-Based Economic Instrument to Better Use Water in Agriculture," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-12, February.
    6. H. Ishaku & M. Majid & Foziah Johar, 2012. "Rainwater Harvesting: An Alternative to Safe Water Supply in Nigerian Rural Communities," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 26(2), pages 295-305, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:55:y:2010:i:2:p:307-319. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.