ISSN: 2639-2534
Authors: Andere MD* and Edgar Abuto
Industrial waste contains organic compounds, sediments, salts, grease, oxygen demanding materials and heavy metals. During treatment not all those components are removed before they are discharged to rivers and other water bodies near the industries. Some harmful compounds remain in the treated industrial waste hence posing a very high health and environmental risk to the human kind using the water bodies near industries. This research specifically targeted lead and copper by ascertaining the concentration in the several samples collected from the treated industrial waste discharge down the stream from the point of discharge and the upstream of the river from the point of discharge. This study mainly focused on copper and lead due to their serious potential health hazards such as brain damages, premature birth, cardiovascular effects, kidney failure and reproductive problems to people living around these industries.
Keywords: Heavy Metals; Wastewater; Concentration; Samples
