Analysis of the Water Quality of Imonite Creek in Ndoni, Rivers State, Nigeria
The water quality of the Imonite Creek was investigated based on nine water quality parameters. These include fecal coliform count, BOD, DO, phosphate, pH, TDS, nitrate, turbidity and temperature. Though heavy metals such as Mn, Fe, Pb, Zn and Ca were analysed, they recorded insignificant and trace amounts. The creek water was investigated for a period of eight months using five stratified sampling stations of A, B, C, D and E. The use of recommended standard methods were employed for the analysis of the water quality parameters. The mean observations for the various water quality parameters in the sampled months of June, September, November and January respectively are BOD, mg/l (0.27, 0.28, 0.33, 0.33), DO mg/l (3.8, 3.78, 2.72, 2.73), pH units (7.43, 7.53, 7.03, 6.95), Temperature O C (26.70, 26.40, 26.08, 24.94), TDS mg/I (27.20, 26.40, 28.00, 28.00), Total phosphate mg/l, (0.28 0.37, 0.09, 0.05), nitrate mg/l, (0.88, 0.74, 1.28, 0.97), Turbidity units (134, 138, 334, 337). Though low pollution potentials due to the negligible values were recorded, the creek water is not potable due to the turbidity and aesthetics but suitable for other beneficial uses.