AN ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS) INDICATOR LEVELS IN DRINKING WATER FROM MUBI-NORTH, GIREI AND MAYO-BELWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ADAMAWA STATE

Abstract

The assessment of persistent organic pollutants (pops) indicator levels in drinking water from Mubi-north, Girei and Mayo-belwa local government areas in Adamawa was carried out in three sampling point for each local government. A total of 63 samples were collected during the rainy season in August- October 2018 and during the dry season, 63 samples were equally collected from January- March 2019. Composite sampling method was employed and the samples Areas were coded, labelled, sealed and preserved. Analog grade reagents were used throughout. The water samples collected were analyzed using standard procedures. Generally, the respective values of POP recorded during the rainy season are higher than their value recorded in dry season both in well and borehole water, across the three Local Government Areas. The analysis of variances on the differences among persistent organic pollutants recorded during rainy and dry season across the respective well and borehole water in the three selected Local Government Areas are significant difference at p<0.05. however, all the POPs recorded both in the rainy and dry seasons across the well and borehole water were within the tolerable limits of 1μg/l for human consumption and 0.5μg/l for children toys set by FEPA and EU.