ABSTRACT

Hair salon effluent over the years have been disposed indiscriminately. This has been shown to have negative effects on the environment. The goal of this study was to determine the pH, turbidity, conductivity, TDS, COD, BOD, DO, chloride, nitrate, calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, sulphate, cadmium, chromium, zinc and lead levels in hair salon effluent. From the analysis of the samples, the pH of sample B was most basic while sample F was acidic. The pH of Sample A, B, C, D, E were above the acceptable limit of FEPA/WHO while sample F was below the acceptable limit of FEPA/WHO, the BOD of the samples were above the FEPA/WHO limit excluding sample F while the COD were within the WHO permissible limit. The turbidity and conductivity levels were higher than the FEPA limits. The heavy metals were all within the recommended levels of FEPA/WHO.