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Research Article
Vol. 29, Issue 2
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF HARVESTED RAINWATER QUALITY FROM DIFFERENT ROOFING MATERIALS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCING COMMUNITY, EGBEMA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
A comparative study of the quality of rain water from different roofing materials was carried out in Egbema, an oil producing community in Rivers State. While SO4, P04, NO3, turbidity and hardness of the rain water samples were more in asbestos and concrete roofs, the metallic ions, Zn, Fe, Al. Mn and Pb were statistically (p=0.05) more in corr...