Analysis of heavy metal pollution status of Amadi creek port harcourt ,nigeria

This paper reports on a study to analyze the heavy metals pollution status of Amadi creek Amadi creek is a unique creek that is of high economic importance to the residents of Rumuobiakani, mini-ewa, Oginigba, Okujagu, and Woji communities as it hosts the activities of the majority of the companies around Tran-amadi industrial area The study was carried out to evaluate the variation in the concentration of heavy metals in Amadicreek water resultingfrom increasing human and industrial activities in the creek For this purpose the concentrations of some heavy metals at differentseasons were measured and the results compared to those of regulatory bodies such as W H O and E U Statistical methods wereused at some points to calculate the mean, variance and standard deviations in all stations The water samples from the creek wereanalyzed for heavy metals with atomic spectrophotometer dr-20106odel) to determine the concentrations of Cu,Cr, Al, and Fe The results of the analysis show that the mean values of Cu, Cr, Al, and Fevary from 0.07-0.5mg/l,0.00-0.06mg/l.0.01-0.08mg/l.0.30-1.43mg/l respectively In view of the fact that these metal ions could pose serious environmental and public health hazards, recommendations have been made to the effect that industries and municipalitiesadequately treat their waste water before discharging them to the creek