Investigation of Solid Waste Disposal Site and its Relationships with Groundwater in AngwanJukpa, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The possibility of groundwater pollution in and around municipal waste in Angwan Jukpa, Bosso, Minna, Niger state, North central Nigeria was carried using Schlumberger array of Vertical Electrical Sound integrated with Physico-chemical analysis of well water and soil within the vicinity of the site. The VES data were interpreted with the aid of computer programme called WINRESIST. The result of the interpreted curves delineated three to five layers. The area with low resistivity values were delineated as contaminated zone. The result of the physico-chemical analysis of well water and soil shows elevation in some of the parameters analysed