Rivers state, as the name suggests is bound by many rivers, notably, the Atlantic Ocean to the North of the state. The state has twenty four administrative divisions with the city of Port Harcourt as its capital.The major source of pollution in the state is the Petroleum industry. The city of Port Harcourt serves as the nerve center to most transnational petroleum processing companies in the region.
Other major contributors to this pollution include iron and steel, fertilizer and petrochemical plants.