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Title: A Study on Wastes in Shallow Aquifers in Kpagungu Community, Minna, Niger State
Authors: Mohammed, A.S
Keywords: bacteriological contaminant, shallow aquifers, groundwater, pollution
Issue Date: 3-Jun-2011
Publisher: Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering and Science
Abstract: An assessment of the physio-chemical and bacteriological properties of domesticated open shallow wells was carried out in order to ascertain the effect of dump sites on water quality in Kpakungu area of Minna, Nigeria. Three different water samples were collected from three different shallow open wells, 120m to 150m apart. Laboratory analyses were carried out on the samples using the suitable reagents for each case. The results obtained from all the samples show that the chemical contaminants Mn (0.022, 0.07, 0.106), Zn (0.04, 0.07, 0.11), Cr (0.00043, 0.00043, 0.00014) were within the limits of both World Health Organization and Nigerian Industrial Standards. The bacteriological contaminant was found to be more in all the samples for total coli-form (204, 160, 75) and E-coli (4, 3, 15), indicating that the water is not suitable for drinking. These results show that there is a strong correlation between the refuse dump sites and ground water pollution. Therefore, Sanitary Regulatory Agencies and Households need to take adequate measures to guide against this crude way of waste disposal so as to forestall the outbreak of epidemics.
URI: http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/28596
ISSN: 2141-8225
Appears in Collections:Agric. and Bioresources Engineering

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