Assessment of environmental degradation of soil and groundwater: A case study of waste disposal in Benin West Moat - Ekenwan gully Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

The paper examined the perception of residents on the menace of solid waste on environmental quality in Benin City, Edo State. There is a linkage between waste management and environmental quality as a filthy environment stimulates environmental ill-quality. The objective of study is to examine human perception and knowledge of residences of the menace of solid waste disposal on environmental quality. Data for this study were obtained from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were obtained from 25 selected wards and communities (comprising of 110 settlements) which constitutes the study area. These data were collected through systematic sampling technique from the selected streets and houses in each of Oredo, Egor and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government council areas. In each of the selected street, the 2nd, middle and 2nd to the last households were selected and administered with questionnaire. A total of 1,781questionnaires were administered in the 768 polling unit stations acrossed the 3 local government areas of the study. Secondary data were sourced from published and documentary materials. Both the descriptive and statistical analyses were used for the study. The results show that there is variance in human perception and environmental quality does not vary significantly among residents of the 3 Local Government areas namely: Oredo, Egor and Ikpoba-Okha in Benin City. The study recommends that there should be a change of human attitudes and techniques on waste management and proffer better orientations of the menace of waste on environmental quality. There should be stiff measures of enforcement on residences while Sanitary Health Officers needs to intensify drives on sanitation and crammed down on offenders and environmental waste managers of the danger of indiscriminate dumps of waste anywhere and anyhow in the City of Benin. Finally, there should be improved waste management mechanism, routine fumigation and remediation been carried out on regular bases on the components of the environment as this will help to curb the menace of ill-managed waste disposal in Benin City.

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Ecological Study of Indigenous Tree Population and Potentials in Urban Green Space: A Case Study of Benin Teaching Hospitals, Benin-City, Edo State, Nigeria

South Asian Research Journal of Agriculture and Fisheries ◽

10.36346/sarjaf.2020.v02i06.002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 171-178

Author(s):

Erhabor TA ◽

Dahunsi OM ◽

Baba GO ◽

Olaifa RK ◽

Sodimu A

Keyword(s):

Ecological Study ◽

Green Space ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Urban Green ◽

Benin City ◽

Tree Population ◽

Edo State

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Application of Pareto Analysis to Faults Identification in Electrical Distribution Network: A Case Study of Ugbowo 11kV Feeder, Benin City, Nigeria

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.62-64.75 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 62-64 ◽

pp. 75-81

Author(s):

E.A. Ogujor ◽

E.U. Ubeku ◽

P.T. Aikhoje

Keyword(s):

Field Data ◽

Power Outage ◽

District Office ◽

Pareto Analysis ◽

Benin City ◽

Holding Company ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Edo State ◽

Electrical Distribution Network

Application of Pareto Analysis technique in major feeder pillar faults identification is presented in this paper. Power outage data due to feeder pillar faults were collected between January, 2005 and September, 2007 from Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Ugbowo district office, Edo State, Nigeria for four feeder pillars. The data were processed and Pareto Analysis technique was applied to the field data. The results obtained shows that eliminating wrong fusing and overloading in Edaiken 2 and Holex feeder pillars will reduce faults by 77.42 and 79.53% respectively while eliminating wrong fusing, overloading and line-to-line faults in Uwasota 2 and Holy Rosary feeder pillars will reduce faults by 87.9 and 88.35% respectively.

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Geospatial Assessment of the Impacts of Sand Mining Activities in Benin City, Edo State Nigeria

Journal of Geography Environment and Earth Science International ◽

10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i130267 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 46-57

Author(s):

Sunny Oluku ◽

Monday Ohi Asikhia

Keyword(s):

Environmental Degradation ◽

Regulatory Body ◽

Mining Activities ◽

Sand Mining ◽

Data Set ◽

Mining Sites ◽

Benin City ◽

Edo State ◽

The Government

This study assessed the geospatial impacts of sand mining activities in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. There are thirty five (35) burrow pits in Benin and eleven (11) were used for the study. Similarly, three (3) distinct datasets and sources were used to determine the spatial extent of environmental degradation as a result of sand mining activities in Benin City. The first data set was the 19th January, 2019 satellite imagery of each of the mining sites. This high resolution remotely sensed data was used in the determination of areal extent of the sand mining sites. The second set of data was the Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) 30meters resolution digital elevation model (DEM). The ASTER-DEM was used as an input dataset in the determination of the volume of sand that have been mined in each site and compilation of three – dimensional model (3D Model) of each the sand mining site. The third set of data was the geographic coordinates of the mining sites. They were sourced from field survey with the use of global positioning system (GPS).The study concluded that sand mining and development cannot be entirely separated but mining should be done in a sustainable manner with less of environmental degradation. It is recommended that miners should be regularly sensitized by the government on environmental degradation and about the fragile nature of the environment. The government regulatory body should ensure that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is carried before mining pits are approved for mining activities. Also illegal burrow pits should be short down to check environmental degradation.

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