Effect of Petroleum Effluents on Eleme River in River State Nigeria

Abstract

The study is aimed at effect of petroleum effluents on Eleme River in River State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to carryout questionnaire and field investigation to know what lead to the petroleum contamination of Eleme River, to carryout person moment correlation calculation and T- distribution Test to know if these problem found out in field investigation and questionnaire are actually in existence, to prepare Bill of Engineering Measure and Evaluation (BEME) for the Eleme River water resource development projects, etc. The study investigated the following problem:- Mismanagement of petroleum exploration disaster management funds allocated to Rivers State Ministry of Environment, Lack of government control measures on petroleum exploration and exploitation in Eleme community of River state Nigeria, Social unrest due to petroleum effluent degradation of the environment etc. In the methodology two sets of questionnaire were obtained, one was questionnaire distributed to the local government workers and staff of River State Ministry of Environment and the other for residents in the study area. The work recommends that State Government should place a law that Industrial waste must be treated adequately before disposing it to the receiving waters so as not to contaminate the water bodies which the host community uses for domestic purposes, etc. The contribution to knowledge is such that this work provides an organized baseline for future work, mainly in providing solution to petroleum effluent contamination of rivers as it regards to Eleme Local Government of River State, Nigeria.