Pollution

Nigeria is among the group of developing countries that have adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) blueprint as a veritable vehicle for poverty eradication, economic growth and sustainable development. However, the pollution of its surface water from discharges from domestic, industrial an

Discharge of liquid and solid waste from Jimma town has resulted in a gradual degradation of the quality of the river water feeding the Gilgel Gibe dam, which was constructed for the development of the hydroelectric potential of the Gilgel Gibe River. In general, wastewater is not treated, which mak

This paper considers the importance of automobiles as a continuing source of persistent pollutants in the environment, using the UK as a case study. The mass of lead, copper, zinc and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) being released by automobiles in the UK is estimated. It is shown that as ot

The water consumption increases at high speed under the effect of the demographic growth and the agricultural and industrial development. This water consumption involves a significant and increasing quantity of wastewater. These untreated rejections generally are poured in receiving environment (lak

Up to 1990 a new phenomena concerning environment has taken place in our country. Many industrial enterprises were totally or partially closed. But leather tanning and processing factories which were represented by 5 enterprises located from the north to the south in Shkodra, Tirana, Vlora, Korça, G

Several copper-nickel based alloys commonly used as condenser and heat exchanger materials in desalination plants were evaluated against corrosion and deterioration. The evaluation against the corrosion and deterioration was conducted in a simulated pollution impact of the oil spill and oil fires in