industrial training at water management ado-ekiti

a six month industrial trianing at water management ekiti state

1. EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) UNDERTAKEN AT EKITI STATE WATER CORPORATION , ADO – EKITI, EKITI STATE COMPLETED BY AFOLABI VICTOR OLAYINKA MATRIC NO:   SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING SCIENCE   JULY , 2024.

2. INTRODUCTION Student industrial work experience scheme SIWES is an experience constructive program aimed at helping the trainees blend the theoretical knowledge acquired from their various institution of learning and field of study, with practical experiences and initiatives .It is part of requirements that must be met by undergraduate students before the degree can be awarded .It last for a period of six months, during the second semester of the third year in the university.

3. During the period of this attachment student is expected to put into practical and constructive use of all the knowledge and experiences he/she had gathered in the classroom over the period of the preceding three years he had spent in school .The SIWES student is also expected to access new problem solving techniques while modifying existing ones so as to be able to meet modern challenges. This scheme is usually undertaken at firms, industries, companies, establishments and government establishment to carry out activities relating to the students area of study. On completion of the training ,students are required to prepare a comprehensive technical report based on activities done by him/her during the period of training .My SIWES program was undertaken at the EKITI STATE WATER CORPORATION

4. RELEVANCE OF SIWES This program cannot in any condition be under-estimated as regards urban and regional planning profession .An average student who has duly undergo SIWES is afforded the opportunity of learning more about the practical application of planning theories learnt in school to problem solving in human environment in the area of housing, neighbourhood planning, transportation ,etc. .SIWES is of utmost important to urban and regional planning students as it serves as bedrock to professional practice as student are exposed to some professional ethics becoming guiding the planning profession . An avenue to acquire enough knowledge towards an independent skilled and efficient professional is created through SIWES.

5. ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF THE EKITI STATE WATER CORPORATION

6. BRIEF HISTORY OF EKSWC At its inception after the State creation in 1996 by Late Gen., Sani Abacha the then Military Head of State, Ekiti State Water Corporation inherited eight Water Supply Schemes from the former Ondo State. After the state creation, Igbara-Odo Water scheme was constructed while Ado production capacity was increased to 10,000m3. These are the schemes located within the boundaries of Ekiti State. As at today, the total designed capacity of these schemes is 187,230 cubic metres per day.

7. The inability to access the potentials of the water schemes has been addressed through intervention by World Bank and European Union in collaboration with Ekiti State Government. The end result of this, is the restoration of production to almost full capacity at Ero, Little Osse and Ado water supply schemes. With this, increase access to sustained supply of potable water is gradually coming to reality in the state.

8. WORKING EXPERIENCE Knowledge Acquired During the Attachment WATER QUALITY TEST Water quality is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need and purpose. Water quality test at Ekiti State Water Corporation is carried out at the Quality control unit which is one of the units at the Board. It was established in order to ensure the quality of water produced and supplied by the Board is safe enough to meet the standard requirement by World and National Health Agencies. The unit also analyses water samples brought by commercial table water producers, and residence overhead tanks for confirmation and for students’ research. The water quality tests are usually carried out at the quality control unit.

9. CARRYING OUT BACTERIALOGICAL ANALYSIS Bacteriological water analysis is a method of analyzing water to estimate the number of bacteria present and if needed to find out what sort of bacteria they are. It represents one aspect of water quality. It is a microbiological analytical procedure that uses samples of water and determines the concentration of bacteria from these samples. Aims of the analysis include: To enumerate the number of bacteria present in drinking water. To identify the bacteria present in the drinking water sample.

10. METHODOLOGY The methods used in the laboratory of the quality control unit of EKSWC include: Most Probable Number (MPN) index method Membrane Filter Method Pour Plate Method The MPN Index Method MPN test is completed in three steps: Presumptive test Confirmed test Completed test Requirements: Water sample Distilled water

11. Weighing balance Pipette (25 and 10ml) Glass rod (stirrer) Durham’s tubes Test tubes Beaker Media Wire loop Masking tape Petri dishes Autoclave/oven Incubator Spatula

12. Contaminated Waters Petri dish containing colonies of E. coli

13. WATER TREATMENT During my SIWES program at EKSWC, myself and other students from various institutions were from time to time taken to the water treatment plant to see to ourselves and observe all that was going on at the plant. I must confess that during those periods of visitation to the treatment plant I have learned a lot about water treatment, the chemicals used, the types of equipment utilized, and the processes involved. So at this point, I would like to discuss what I saw and learned at the treatment plant.

14. CHEMICALS USED AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT The chemical plant is a building where chemicals are being prepared for the treatment of water, the chemicals used in the treatment plant are: Alum Aluminium Sulphate (Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 16H 2 O) is commonly used as a coagulant. +Lime Plant Lime (Ca(OH) 2 ) can also be used as a coagulant but mostly as a pH corrector. The hydrated lime (Ca(OH) 2 ) is used to standardize the pH value of water before and after treatment. Polyelectrolyte Polyelectrolytes (Ca(CO 2 ) 2 ) are mostly used to assist the flocculation process and are often called flocculation aids, they can be cationic (positively charged), anionic (negatively charged) or non-ionic (no net charges). Calcium hypochlorite Plant Calcium hypochlorite (Cl 2 O 2 Ca), is the chemical used for disinfections in case of failure in the chlorine gas plan. It is usually applied at the post-chlorination stage during water treatment. Chlorine Plant This chemical is used for disinfection and complete elimination of bacteria present in water.

15. UNIT PROCESS FLOW AT THE EKITI STATE TREATMENT PLANT

16. TREATMENT PROCESSES AT THE EKITI STATE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

17. CONCLUSION Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a vital tool towards the attainment of the knowledge of working conditions to be faced by undergraduates in various areas and I have also been able to appreciate the connection between my course of study and other disciplines in producing a successful result.

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