Turbidity and Suspended Solids Characteristics of River Elemi and Ureje, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Received Date: Apr 07, 2017 / Accepted Date: Apr 29, 2018 / Published Date: May 05, 2018
Abstract
Suspended solid transport plays a key role in the transport of contaminants in rivers; hence, quantifying suspended solid concentration (SSC) is essential to understanding contaminant transport. This study presents the turbidity and suspended solids characteristics of River Elemi and Ureje, Ado Ekiti by establishing a relationship between suspended solids concentration (SSC) and turbidity to quantify the suspended solids concentration (SSC) in the rivers. The results indicate positive correlation R2=0.86 and R2=0.97, respectively between suspended solids concentration (SSC) and turbidity suggesting turbidity as a satisfactory parameter to monitor suspended solid concentration (SSC) in the river. The turbidity and suspended solid concentration (SSC) for sets of samples from river Elemi and Ureje show different values, the average SSC in Elemi river samples are 1.2 times higher than SSC in Ureje river samples. The study assessed human activities as a factor impacting turbidity and suspended solids concentration with the spatial variation of the parameters.
Keywords: Turbidity; Suspended solid; Concentration; Transport; Contaminants
Citation: Folorunso OP, Aribisala JO (2018) Turbidity and Suspended Solids Characteristics of River Elemi and Ureje, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. J Mater Sci Nanomater 2: 107.
Copyright: © 2018 Folorunso OP, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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