%R https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1531687
%I Cogent Engineering
%D 2018
%K Textile industry effluent; physicochemical parameters; water quality
monitoring
%J Cogent Engineering
%A Taiwo Omowunmi Durotoye
%A Aderonke A. Adeyemi
%A D. O. Omole
%A M Onakunle
%L eprints13527
%X The quality of effluent from a wool and synthetic textile manufacturing
company in Nigeria was examined by obtaining triplicate samples per
week over a 6-week period. This was done to measure the waste-load and
volume from the textile industry. Obtained samples were analyzed for 18
physicochemical parameters such as pH, color, turbidity, total suspended solids,
total dissolved solids (TSS), conductivity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), chloride, nitrates, phosphates,
some heavy metals and odor. Heavy metals, phosphate, and color were analyzed
using spectrophotometer while dissolved oxygen and BOD were analyzed
using azide modification method. The effluents were found to pass the national
standard for the effluent limit for 13 parameters but exceeded specified limits
for pH in one sample and, COD, TSS, color, turbidity and odor in all samples.
Turbidity was found to exceed national limits by 100 to 300%; COD exceeded
limits by 20% to 500%; TSS exceeded limits by 10% to 110% in 5 out of 6
samples analyzed. All obtained samples were dark colored and exceeded prescribed
limits by 2,000 to 3,000% in all samples. Likewise, all six samples had
an offensive odor. It was recommended that strict compliance with stipulated
standards was necessary for the protection of public health and the
environment
%T Impact assessment of wastewater discharge from
a textile industry in Lagos, Nigeria