1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala-Uganda
2Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos-Nigeria
*Corresponding author: jaopara@yahoo.com
Online published on 1 September, 2016.
The Edagberi/Betterland Communities have been without a good source of water supply. The local population has lived over the years by drinking water from the Taylor Rivers without the due process of water treatment. However, a surface water scheme has never been favoured and sunken boreholes have never been brought to function. The former is however a surer means since both options require water treatment. Special design implications were the avoidance of all ‘unnecessary ’cost components and to take precautionary steps against possible oil spillage, which is considered as occupying the top layer of an element of flow.
• Basic operating equations have been put forward to support the use of source/sink principle as a check against oil spillage.
• The sump depth, channel characteristic, and operating velocities that will cause a steady flow through the system will determine effective design.
Water, environment, river source, population, crude oil, pollution, flows
