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Please do something The Nairobi River is highly polluted!!!
George M.
started this petition to
The National Environment Management Authority of Kenya (NEMA)
Nairobi River is polluted with human and industrial waste — some of it highly toxic. But It used to be clean enough for someone to drink from it.
The Government of Kenya needs to restore the river to its former glory, the government needs to set up a functioning waste collection and sewage systems.
A lot happens along the course of the Nairobi River as it makes its way from the north west to the south east of the city. It’s mainly used by residents of low-income settlements as a source of water for cleaning homes, bathing and for watering crops. But it’s also used to discard household and human waste as many homes don’t have toilets, and industrial waste is frequently dumped in the river.
The State of Water Quality in Nairobi River, Kenya
The contribution explores the most serious problem experienced globally as a consequence of environmental pollution mainly by inorganic, organic, and organo-metallic materials. This study was conducted to assess the physical chemical characteristics and heavy metal content in a section of Nairobi River which passes through various residential facilities. Water samples were taken twice during the dry season (June 2013) and twice during the wet season (November 2013). The water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured in situ. Determination of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cr) was carried out using spectroscopic techniques whereas incubation, reactor digestion, gravimetric, amino acid, sulfaver 4, diazotization and titration methods were used to determine the levels of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), Phosphate, sulphate, nitrite, flourides and chlorides respectively. The range observed for pH, temperature, DO, TDS, COD, BOD, TSS, EC, sulphate, fluoride, chloride, nitrite, phosphate, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, lead and chromium was 6.89-7.77, 18.3-25.0oC, 8.10-24.29 mg/L, 176-438 mg/L, 40-730 mg/L,10.93-25.26 mg /L, 131- 414 mg/L, 348-881μS/cm, 0- 68 mg/L, 0.39- 2.87 mg/L, 0.0142- 0.886 mg/L, 0.002- 0.55 mg/L,0.03-5.96 mg/L, 0.0974-3.1438 mg/L, 0.0092- 3.6843 mg/L, < 0.01- 0.1799 mg/L,<0.005-0.0197 mg/L, < 0.05-0.4415 mg/L and < 0.02- 0.0846 mg/L respectively. The concentrations of cations and anions were found to be heavily dependent on the various activities taking place along the river with some pollutant concentrations being higher than the recommended WHO levels. Whereas industries have regulations for the content of the effluent, the residential units do not. It is recommended that residential units are advised not to discharge raw sewage directly into the river in order to minimize aquatic and environmental pollution that may be detrimental to natural ecosystems.
The Government of Kenya needs to restore the river to its former glory, the government needs to set up a functioning waste collection and sewage systems.
A lot happens along the course of the Nairobi River as it makes its way from the north west to the south east of the city. It’s mainly used by residents of low-income settlements as a source of water for cleaning homes, bathing and for watering crops. But it’s also used to discard household and human waste as many homes don’t have toilets, and industrial waste is frequently dumped in the river.
The State of Water Quality in Nairobi River, Kenya
The contribution explores the most serious problem experienced globally as a consequence of environmental pollution mainly by inorganic, organic, and organo-metallic materials. This study was conducted to assess the physical chemical characteristics and heavy metal content in a section of Nairobi River which passes through various residential facilities. Water samples were taken twice during the dry season (June 2013) and twice during the wet season (November 2013). The water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured in situ. Determination of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cr) was carried out using spectroscopic techniques whereas incubation, reactor digestion, gravimetric, amino acid, sulfaver 4, diazotization and titration methods were used to determine the levels of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), Phosphate, sulphate, nitrite, flourides and chlorides respectively. The range observed for pH, temperature, DO, TDS, COD, BOD, TSS, EC, sulphate, fluoride, chloride, nitrite, phosphate, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, lead and chromium was 6.89-7.77, 18.3-25.0oC, 8.10-24.29 mg/L, 176-438 mg/L, 40-730 mg/L,10.93-25.26 mg /L, 131- 414 mg/L, 348-881μS/cm, 0- 68 mg/L, 0.39- 2.87 mg/L, 0.0142- 0.886 mg/L, 0.002- 0.55 mg/L,0.03-5.96 mg/L, 0.0974-3.1438 mg/L, 0.0092- 3.6843 mg/L, < 0.01- 0.1799 mg/L,<0.005-0.0197 mg/L, < 0.05-0.4415 mg/L and < 0.02- 0.0846 mg/L respectively. The concentrations of cations and anions were found to be heavily dependent on the various activities taking place along the river with some pollutant concentrations being higher than the recommended WHO levels. Whereas industries have regulations for the content of the effluent, the residential units do not. It is recommended that residential units are advised not to discharge raw sewage directly into the river in order to minimize aquatic and environmental pollution that may be detrimental to natural ecosystems.
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