ABSTRACT The closed Mallam State Construction Corporation (SCC) waste disposal site is one of the many unengineered and improperly decommissioned municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in Accra, Ghana. The site served as a landfill site for the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (A.M.A) for 7 years and received variety of solid waste from the A.M.A and other neighbouring municipal assemblies. Leachate management plans were, however, not implemented. Untreated leachate from the waste disposal site flo...
ABSTRACT City authorities the world over are lamenting on the ever increasing liquid and solid waste management problems, and are in continuous search for inexpensive and easy solutions to these waste problems. Ghana, like many other developing countries, in its effort to controlling these problems enacted an Act (Act 490) through Parliament in 1994, which charged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to demand for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on all developmental projects which ...
ABSTRACT The environmental effects of sewage pollution and wastewater effluent quality management in the Tema Metropolis, Ghana was assessed over a three month period. Effluent samples were collected from main manholes comprising raw wastewater from domestic, central business area (CBA), industrial and the outfall point at sea, sakumono beach. The Physico-chemical and bacteriological analysis were determined using standard methods. The results of the Physico-chemical parameters values were; p...
ABSTRACT Mangroves and other blue carbon systems are under high pressure due to population pressure and coastal development. The continuous degradation of mangroves leads to the loss of the carbon stocks stored in the mangrove ecosystem. In this study, GIS based analysis using Landsat images and allometric equations were used to estimate the above-ground carbon stock of mangroves in the Lower Volta area in Ghana. The Landsat images were classified to obtain the mangrove area. An ASTER GDEM co...
ABSTRACT The influence of human behaviour and culture on open defaecation has attracted global concern in recent times. As a way of placing the behavioural and cultural factors influencing open defaecation behaviour in Ghana on the public agenda, a school-basedcross-sectional study was conducted in eight first cycle schools selected from eight communities within the Eastern and Volta regions of the country. The objective of the study was to explore the behavioural and cultural factors inf...
ABSTRACT Human beings are always exposed to background radiation that comes both from natural and man-made sources. Natural radioactivity is widespread in the earth environment and it exists in various geological formations such as earth’s crust, rocks, soils, plants, water and air. Mining has been identified as one of the potential sources of exposure to naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM). However, mining activities are not being monitored and regulated for NORM in Ghana. Mos...
ABSTRACT Wetlands are vital ecosystems with important social, economic and environmental functions. The Ada Songor lagoon (located in the Dangbe East district, Greater Accra Region), is an internationally designated wetland (Ramsar site). Intense anthropogenic activities have impacted negatively on the quality of water and sediment in the lagoon. The study assessed the extent of heavy metal, pesticide residues and nutrients contamination of surface water and sediment in the Ada Songor Lagoon....
ABSTRACT Surface water quality considerations are becoming increasingly important in Ghana due to anthropogenic activities which affect their benefits to humans and aquatic life but studies on spatial modelling to assess surface water quality in Ghana are nascent. This study explores surface water quality in the Birim North District of Ghana using spatial modelling. Using a cross-sectional study design, 540 surface water samples were collected from 15 rivers and streams in 2018. Surface wate...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the risk of pesticides use among cocoa farmers in three districts of Western Region of Ghana. It employed a descriptive survey study design, where data were collected from 225 smallholders farmers using a questionnaire. The farmers‟ survey revealed inappropriate pesticide application is dangerous to their own health. This was buttressed by a high number of the respondents experiencing headache (66%), dizziness (58%), body weakness or being unusually tired (55%)...