WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF ITIGIDI RIVER IN ABI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ever increasing population, urbanization and modernization are posing problems of sewage disposal and contamination of surface waters like Rivers. Natural water gets contaminated due to weathering of rocks, leaching of soils and mining processing, etc. Various types of problems in river which cause nutrient enrichment in river would be reviewed.Land use change and longer growing seasons could increase the use of fertilizers with subsequent leaching to watercourses, rivers and lakes, increasing the risk of eutrophication and loss of biodiversity. This study would be carried out to determine the water quality of Itigidi River based on the physicochemical and biological parameters such as BOD, temperature, electrical conductivity, nitrate, phosphorus, potassium, dissolved oxygen, etc. Water samples would be collected from different point along the river and tested in the laboratory, and analyzed using water quality index, and compared with global standards. Harmful algal blooms are becoming increasingly common in freshwater ecosystems globally.Pollution by plastic debris is an increasing environmental concern in water bodies, where it affects open-water, shoreline and the environments. So the need to assess water quality is important in any society