Physicochemical and microbial assessment of some creeklets associated with urban runoff in yenagoa metropolis

Abstract

Water is an essential resource to biodiversity largely because all organism depend on water for survival and sustenance. As documented in literature, the quality of river water plays a vital role to the relative public health and sustenance of any given community or ecosystem.1 For instance, anthropogenic activities have the tendency to release toxic organic and inorganic leachates from waste stream which are transported by urban runoff to contaminate water bodies.2,3 Persistent inflow of waste stream from urban runoffs have largely affected the ambient water quality of aligning water bodies. It has been observed that in some communities of most developing countries surface water still serve as a means for waste disposal, especially in riverine communities.3 Persistent anthropogenic activities over a period of time may influence the contamination rate.