Assessment of solid and liquid wastes management and health impacts along the failed sewerage systems in capital cities of African countries: case of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghanaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Félix Houphouët-Boignyen
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoireen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationDepartment of Sanitation and Maintenance, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoireen
cg.contributor.donorRegional Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES) of the University of Energy and Natural Resources under the African Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE Impact) Project of World Banken
cg.coverage.countryCôte d'Ivoire
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CI
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.subregionAbidjan
cg.creator.identifierDr Akpoti Komlavi: 0000-0001-6435-5116
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1071686en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052034
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2624-9375en
cg.journalFrontiers in Wateren
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume5en
dc.contributor.authorOuattara, Z. A.en
dc.contributor.authorDongo, K.en
dc.contributor.authorAkpoti, Komlavien
dc.contributor.authorKabo-Bah, A. T.en
dc.contributor.authorAttiogbe, F.en
dc.contributor.authorSiabi, E. K.en
dc.contributor.authorIweh, C. D.en
dc.contributor.authorGogo, G. H.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-30T23:40:50Zen
dc.date.available2023-06-30T23:40:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130967
dc.titleAssessment of solid and liquid wastes management and health impacts along the failed sewerage systems in capital cities of African countries: case of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoireen
dcterms.abstractThe management of domestic wastewater and rainwater is a major concern for the population of Yopougon. The study presents the causes of wastewater discharge from dysfunctional sewers and their health impacts on the population. It also highlights the environmental and health risk associated with poor solid and liquid waste management. This was based on literature search, semi-participatory workshop, physicochemical and bacteriological characterization of wastewater and finally through a household survey. The field survey was conducted on 245 household heads obtained using the Canadian statistical guidelines. The results obtained indicated that all main pollution indicators were; total nitrogen (TN, 525 ± 0.02 to 3077 ± 0.3 mg/l), nitrates (NO3, 146 ± 0.01 to 1347 ± 0.12 mg/l), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD, 278 ± 195.16 to 645 ± 391.74 mg/l), chemical oxygen demand (COD, 940 ± 650.54 to 4050.5 ± 71.42 mg/l) and total dissolved solids (TDS, 151 ± 9.9 to 766 ± 237.59 mg/l) which were above the values recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Cote d'Ivoire national policy guidelines standards for the discharge of effluents into the environment. The analysis of the bacterial flora of the effluents revealed that the concentrations of Total Coliforms and fecal streptococci exceeded the values recommended by the WHO and national policy guidelines standards. This means that the populations of this area are prone to infectious diseases. Diseases such as malaria (84.53%), respiratory infections (61%), diarrhea (48.66%), intestinal diseases (44.5%), and typhoid fever (28.84%) were prevalent in the surveyed households.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-06-16
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOuattara, Z. A.; Dongo, K.; Akpoti, Komlavi; Kabo-Bah, A. T.; Attiogbe, F.; Siabi, E. K.; Iweh, C. D.; Gogo, G. H. 2023. Assessment of solid and liquid wastes management and health impacts along the failed sewerage systems in capital cities of African countries: case of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Frontiers in Water, 5:1071686. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1071686]en
dcterms.extent5:1071686.en
dcterms.issued2023-06-16
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectwaste managementen
dcterms.subjectsolid wastesen
dcterms.subjectliquid wastesen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental impacten
dcterms.subjecthealth hazardsen
dcterms.subjectsewerageen
dcterms.subjectcitiesen
dcterms.subjecturban areasen
dcterms.subjectwastewateren
dcterms.subjectsanitationen
dcterms.subjectpollution indicatorsen
dcterms.subjectrisk factorsen
dcterms.subjectchemicophysical propertiesen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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