ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TRAFFIC NOISE POLLUTION IN UVWIE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE, NIGERIA.
The assessment of environmental traffic noise pollution in Uvwie local government area of Delta State, Nigeria was carriedout using a well calibrated portable digital sound level meter (Model CEL-231). The sound level meter is an instrumentused for measuring the exposure level of noise in the field. The measurement was done three times/day (Morning session9am – 10am, afternoon session 1pm – 2pm and Evening session 4pm – 5pm) and readings were taken. The mean resultsmeasured from the studied area ranged from 74.61dB (A) in the evening to 76.92dB (A) in the afternoon with meanaverage of 76.66dB (A).The obtained mean values of traffic noise when compared with the permissible level for road trafficnoise of 65 decibels dB (A) in commercial area during the Day time, it was observed that the obtained mean level resultsexceeded the permissible standard limit. These high values can be attributed to poor maintenance of the vehicles,indiscriminate usage of pressure horns and present of heavy duty truck that load petroleum product and cargo containersfrom the Warri refinery and Warri port (Nigeria Port Authority) respectively. This study revealed that immediate healthimplication may not be observed at the present level, but long term health effects are probable in the nearest future.