The Impact Of Working Ton Industrial Effluent On The Surface Water Quality Of Marimba River, Harare, Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT Pollution of water bodies due to human activities such as industrial waste disposal is a serious challenge facing most developing countries in the world today. Thus the management and supply of freshwater to the public is compromised and the ecological integrity of these rivers is lost due to adverse impacts such as eutrophicaton with algal blooms proliferating in these rivers. This could be due to such factors as pre-treatment costs, costs of having pre-treatment plants and ineffective and irregular monitoring of companies by responsible authorities. This study is an analysis of the…