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The indiscriminate dumping, deliberate and accidental discharge of
industrial and agricultural effluents into farmlands, air and
aquatic environment has constituted serious environmental and
public health menace. Decaying garbage in dumpsites and water
sources affected by faecal contamination have given rise to
cholera, dysentery, increased cases of infection. Pollution can be
defined as the contamination of the environment - air, water or
earth by harmful substances, which may be detrimental to humans or
things of value in the environment.
The World Bank predicts that two-thirds of the world's population
will not have enough fresh drinking water by the year 2025. Instead
of protecting existing supplies, promoting conservation or helping
vulnerable populations, many governments are turning to private
companies, often large transnational corporations, to fix their
water woes. There is growing concern among communities, therefore,
that as water resources move from being a public good to the hands
of private interests, more poor people will be left to go thirsty.
This book discusses the issues facing the water supply in the Niger
Delta of Nigeria in order to highlight the immediate collective
need to intervention.
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