CHIJIOKE IREMEKA writes not just on the plight of Lagos residents living in close proximity to a Lagos State Accredited Septage Discharge Point in Ajeromi Jetty, in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area, but that most fresh fish and smoked fish that find their way into Lagos homes are processed using water laced with faecal wastes discharged into the body of water surrounding the area
Daily, water resources and the immediate environment are adversely affected by pollution from wastewater discharged by unregulated and unmonitored waste operators.
As urban and industrial development balloons, it has a corresponding impact on the quantity of wastewater and sludge generated, and for a place like Lagos, the major challenge has been improper disposal of wastewater, which poses a threat to public health.
This has been the plight of residents and business owners who have for years, endured the pungent smell from wastewater discharged non-stop into water bodies by operators of the Lagos State Accredited Septage Discharge Point, in Ajeromi Jetty, in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area.
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