IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES (IJCCP )

E-I SSN 2545-5265
P- ISSN 2695-1916
VOL. 9 NO. 4 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijccp.v9.no4.2023.pg1.12

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Assessment of Heavy Metals and determination of Pollution Indices in Sediment of Anyia-Ogologo River, Rivers State

G.K Amadi; C.C. Obunwo; N.J. Maduelosi, J.L. Konne

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Abstract

Samples of the sediment from Anyia-Ogologo River, Mgbuosimini Community were collected, preserved and analyzed. The sampling covered a period of one year wet and dry seasons. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric technique was used for heavy metal analysis. Sediment pollution indices indicated no contamination, no or low pollution, deficient to minimal enrichment, low potential ecological risk and uncontaminated to moderately contaminated as revealed by contamination factor, pollution load index, enrichment factor ecological risk factor and geo-accumulation index respectively.

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