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Effect of Brewery Sludge Effluent on Soil Quality

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.20922
Uzochukwu C. Ugochukwu
SHELL Centre for Environmental Management & Control, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
Chizoba Agu
SHELL Centre for Environmental Management & Control, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
Hillary I. Eze
SHELL Centre for Environmental Management & Control, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
Frida Nkoloagu
SHELL Centre for Environmental Management & Control, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria

Corresponding Author(s) : Uzochukwu C. Ugochukwu

uzochukwu.ugochukwu@unn.edu.ng

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 30 No. 3 (2018): Vol 30 Issue 3

Abstract

This study reports the residual effect of Ama Brewery effluent sludge discharge on the soil quality of the recipient soil environment in Amaeke Ngwo Community of Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State Nigeria. Samples were collected in triplicates in two sites, control and test sites and analyzed the physical and chemical properties of the soils. The result of analysis showed that some soil chemistry parameters such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, organic matter, organic carbon, cation exchange capacity and exchangeable bases occurred at higher levels of concentration in the test soil site than the control site. This study therefore indicates that the Ama Brewery sludge effluent has not impacted on the soil quality of the test site adversely but has improved it for agricultural purposes. The distribution of the measured soil chemistry parameters is such that the top soil contains the highest concentration. The study also revealed that the movement and distributions of these parameters down the soil profile could be modeled via predictive models that would however require to be validated with data from other field studies.

Keywords

Brewery Macro and Micronutrients Sludge effluent Soil chemistry Soil quality
Ugochukwu, U. C., Agu, C., Eze, H. I., & Nkoloagu, F. (2018). Effect of Brewery Sludge Effluent on Soil Quality. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 30(3), 499–504. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.20922
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