TY - JOUR ID - TI - HUMAN WASTE MANAGEMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS IN IKEJA, LAGOS AU - Bolawole F. Ogunbodede AU - Anthony C. O Iweka AU - Akinfolarin Jobi PY - 2022 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 59 EP - 72 JO - KUFA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING مجلة الكوفة الهندسية SN - 20715528 25230018 AB - Human waste is as important to mankind as life itself. As people feed for survival, the processof digestion leads to the production of human waste. Lagos being a Mega city with a populationof more than fifteen million, the human waste generated is significant. How the generatedhuman waste is handled is worthy of assessment. This paper examines the methods throughwhich human wastes are collected and disposed in Ikeja residential quarters. The case study hasthe three classified residential zones of high density, medium density and low density. Sampleframe was based on the number of buildings. Findings reveal that, residents across the densityzones rely basically on septic tanks for human waste storage, which leads to a recommendationthat septic tanks and soakaways be kept at appropriate distances to boreholes and wells, toprevent water contamination.

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