ASSESSMENT OF NOISE POLLUTION LEVEL IN TRANS-AMADI INDUSTRIAL LAY-OUT IN PORT HARCOURT RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

1Digha, O.N. and 2Tabe, A.E.
1&2Department of Geography and Environmental Science,
University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
E-mail: dighaopaminola@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The study seeks to assess noise pollution level in Trans-Amadi Industrial Layout in Port-Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria. Port-Harcourt is an industrialized metropolitan city with over 6.5million population. The methodology was basically instrumentation and maletical. The instruments used for the study were GPS, and a BK precision digital sound level meter (IE C6.5/type II) model. The instrument was set on the weighting and slow response at an interval of five (5) minutes per reading. The noise meter
microphone was held facing the source of the noise at a highest of 1.2 meter. The findings of the study indicates that all sampled located had noise above the cunbiant limit. Rivoc Road locations 1 has an average noise level of 77.2dB, Mother Cat Odokwuku is 78dB, Ordinace road is 70dB, Danjuma drive 81dB, Eastern by pass road is 82dB, Elk Road is 82dB, Slaughter market
is 76dB, Destiny Drive is 7dB, Abuloma road 5dB and total Gospel Road is 76dB. All the values were above the ambient limit 80, by implications, the inhabitance of the study area were subjected all forms of noise pollution related diseases. Therefore steps should be taken to ameliorate the evils of noise pollution on human health and loss of man hours as well as human resources.