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dc.contributor.authorSsonko, George Wilson
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T03:15:36Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T03:15:36Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationSsonko, G.W. (2014). Effect of Lugazi Town Council abattoir effluent on surface water quality in Nkoko-Busabaga stream in Buikwe District, Uganda. Unpublished master's thesis, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/6255
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Masters of Science Degree in Environment and Natural Resources of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Lugazi Town Council abattoir discharges effluents into the Nkoko-Busabaga stream in Lugazi Town, Buikwe District, Uganda. Nkoko-Busabaga stream which is small is a potential collector of pollutants that could be delivered into larger water bodies depending on the self-purification capacity of the small stream. The study was carried out to assess the effect of the abattoir effluent on the water quality of the stream as well as determine the correlation between discharge and the concentration of parameters during the dry and wet seasons. Field observations and laboratory measurements were carried out to determine the concentration of of nutrients and physicochemical parameters in upstream and downstream relative to the point of effluent discharge. The abattoir is not appropriately situated as it is close to human residential dwellings (< 150m). Grey water from the human dwellings joins the abattoir effluent discharge canal. The abattoir effluent is discharged into the stream without pre-treatment. The concentration of parameters (TP, SRP, NH4-N, NO3-N, and NO2-N and BOD) except COD in the effluent were within the National Environment Standards for Discharge of Effluent into Water and on Land. The higher values of COD in effluent are attributed to the grey water. Lack of a control sample outside the study area and time of sampling are major limitations to the study.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBelgian Technical Cooperation (BTC)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectAbattoir effluenten_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.subjectLugazi Town Council Abattoiren_US
dc.subjectUrbanisationen_US
dc.titleEffect of Lugazi Town Council abattoir effluent on surface water quality in Nkoko-Busabaga stream in Buikwe District, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation (Masters)en_US


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