ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY FOR DOMESTIC USE IN OOTUNJA IKOLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EKITI STATE
ABSTRACTThis project is designed to determine households’ access to safe water supply in Ootunja, Ikole-Ekiti, in terms of quality and quantity as the importance of improved water supply to human health cannot be over emphasized. However, safe/improve water supply to most Nigerian cities is still inadequate. In the study area the relationship between water quality, the degree of water source protection and quantity. This aim was achieved through the use of well-structured questionnaire...
PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SACHET WATER VENDED IN PARTS OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACTQuality water should be colourless, tasteless, odourless and free from faecal contamination. This study investigates the physiochemical and microbiological characteristics of sachet packaged water vended in four local government areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria of contamination of commercially vended packaged water and their public health implications. The four Local Government Areas were Ado-Ekiti L.G.A, Ikere L.G.A, ljero L.G.A and Ikole Local Government Areas of Ekiti State. Five sach...
A SURVEY OF THE TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR CASSAVA PROCESSING IN EKITI STATE
ABSTRACTThis study was carried out to examine the techniques and technologies for cassava processing in Eliki Slate, to identify the various products from cassava in the study area, to generate ways of improving the techniques and technologies, and to recognize the constraints to processing and marketing of cassava products. The study made use of structured questionnaires, oral interviews and focused group discussions to select a sample size of 120 respondents.The population under study ...
TOXICITY OF CASSAVA EFFLUENT ON CATFISH (Clarisgariepinus) AND SOME TARGET ORGANS
ABSTRACTA 96 hour bioassay was conducted to determine the toxicity of cassava effluent to Claries gariepinus juveniles and its effects on the gills and liver as well as on some blood parameters such as packed cell volume (PCV), Red blood cells (RBC), White blood cells (WBC), Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and their counts. Juveniles of C. gariepinus of the same age and size showed varying degrees of hyper-activity, mortality, stress and lesions to different concentration of cassava efflu...
THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FISH POND WASTE WATER: A CASE STUDY OF ABUAD FARM, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE NIGERIA
ABSTRACTWater released from ponds has greater concentrations of nutrients, organic matter and suspended solids. This study investigated the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of fish pond waste water harvested from a source which served as the control, three different ponds and at the point of discharge in Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) farm, Ekiti State. The samples were collected in 50 ml capacity polypropylene containers. Parameters investigated include tempe...
Evaluation of Microbal Loads of Wild Caught Fresh and Processed Fish Species From Ekiti Environs. The Public Health Implications
Fish a good source of Protein is susceptible to contamination because of their soft tissues and the aquatic environment. They can be contaminated at any point from farm to fork via many means. It is a major public health concern that consumers assume that fish caught fresh from the wild or processed is totally safe. This study therefore seeks to evaluate the human safety in consuming freshly caught fish from dams in Ekiti State and processed fish from Ekiti environs by assessing and comparing...
GEOTECHNICAL CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SOILS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI IKOLE CAMPUS
ABSTRACTThis research project investigates the geotechnical characteristics of soils in Federal University Oye Ekiti, lkole campus. In this research project, disturbed soil samples were obtained from five labelled TP 1, TP 2, TP 3, TP 4, TP 5 at different locations and at various intervals along the university and were taken to laboratory for relevant soil engineering tests. The relevant soil tests include; particle size analysis, consistency limits (liquid, plastic, and shrinkage limits), na...
MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF RED BELLY TILAPIA (Tilapia zillii) lN EGBE DAM, GBONYl LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EKITI STATE NIGERIA
ABSTRACTA total number of 60 Tilapia zillii specimens were collected from Egbe darn Gbonyin local government in Ekiti West for 25 days. Morphometric measurements taken in the laboratory include total length, standard length, body weight, body depth, dorsal fin length, caudal peduncle length, head length. fork length, and pre-dorsal fin length. Total number of 34 female Tilapia zillii were collected as 26 number of male Tilapia zillii were collected from the study area. The maximum total lengt...
EVAPORATING COOLING SYSTEM
ABSTRACTAn evaporative cooling system was designed, fabricated and tested for the storage of fresh fruits and vegetables. The system's working principles is based on the principle of evaporation which causes a cooling effect to its surrounding. The system is an enclosed system and air is allowed to pass only through the pad, also a suction fan centrally located which draws in air through the pad. Water drips into the foam at a constant rate through a water distribution system. As the water dr...
EFFECT OF DOMESTIC WASTEWATER DISCHARGE ON WELL WATER USE QUALITY IN IKOLE-EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACTThe aim of the present study is to know the effect of wastewater (sewage) discharge on the quality water in Ikole-Ekiti, Ekiti State Nigeria.The community discharges wastewater which affect the water quality with most of the wastewater coming from domestic wastewater. Associated with the development of the area, the increase of pollutants into the surface water has been majorly from domestic activities.The study involved sampling of well water from four communities in Ikole LGA ...
DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR DRYER FOR FOOD PRESERVATION
ABSTRACTA solar dryer integrated with a simple bed rock was designed and constructed with locally available materials to dry tomatoes and pepper. The dryer was composed of solar collector, drying chamber, back up heater and airflow system all integrated together. The back-up heater provided alternative heating during cloudy weather conditions or at night when solar radiations were low. The dryer was designed based on climatic conditions of Ikale summit located in Ikale, Ekiti Nigeria. T...
QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF ABATTOIR EFFLUENT ON SURFACE WATER IN AKURE SOUTH, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACTWater quality is very important in the environment, because life depends on this, it's very good to check the quality of water time to time to check the rate at which it is been degraded. The objective of this work is to determine the physiochemical and heavy metal parameter of abattoir effluent to surface water and compare the standard to WHO. Two empty bottles were used to collect sample from the surface water, GPS was used to get the geographical coordinate and samples were taken t...
ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF SURFACE WATER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSE
ABSTRACTThe study areas (Water works, Ureje and Kurundu) are situated in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State, and lies within latitude 7°45'N and 7°25'N and longitude 5°60'E and 6°00'E respectively. The study area also falls within the basement complex of south western Nigeria. The dominant lithologies include migmatities, granite gneisses, quartzites, charnockites and granites. Physical, chemical and bacteriological evaluation of surface water in the study areas were carried out to ...
STUDY OF SOIL ORGANC CARBON AND LAND USE IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI, IKOLE CAMPUS, EKITI STATE NIGERIA
ABSTRACTThe amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) stored in a particular soil is influenced by several factors including climate, vegetation type and age, land management, soil properties and current and past land use. The impacts of land use types on soil organic carbon were assessed.Four land use types were used in the study. Sampled soils were taken at depth of 0-45 cm and at intervals of 15 cm. The soil samples were examined in accordance with the standard methods. The d...
Growth Rate and Biomass Accumulation of Forage Sorghum (Sorghum almum), Congo grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis) and Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana)
ABSTRACTMany grasses have played prominent roles in forage research and livestock production in Nigeria. Grasses possess two main photosynthetic pathways: the C3 pathway that is typical of most plants and a specialized C4 pathway that minimizes photorespiration and thus increases photosynthetic performance in high-temperature and/ or low- CO2 environments.Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) is a perennial grass of tropical and subtropical Africa where it remained one of the main C4 forage grasses...
