DESIGN OF SEDIMENTATION TANK TO RESUSCITATE PHYTOREMEDIATION IN OVERLOADED OBAFEMI AWOLOWO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
The discharge of raw sewage or improperly treated sewage into water bodies has always had a threatening effect on aquatic lives and that of human that uses the water on the downstream. Such is the case of Awba Lake which is currently being polluted by effluents from Obafemi Awolowo sewage treatment plant. The treatment plant is currently overloaded and macrophyte (water hyacinth) used for phytoremediation in the treatment plant can no longer survive under such high organic condition. This pro...