IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zib/zbnmjg/v3y2019i2p23-32.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An Integrated Approach To Groundwater Quality Assessment In Determining Factors That Influence The Geochemistry And Origin Of Sandstone Aquifers Southern Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • M. O. Eyankware

    (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. Nigeria)

  • O. O. Omo-Irabor

    (Department of Earth Sciences, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun Delta State.Nigeria)

Abstract

Rapid industrialization and oil exploration activities is believed to have influence on groundwater quality globally, and Niger Delta Region of Nigeria is no exception. Hence, this research is conducted to evaluate factors that influence groundwater origin and its geochemistry. For the purpose of this study, 20 groundwater samples were collected (4 from borehole and 16 from hand-dug wells). The parameters used in the assessment include physical parameters; pH, total dissolved solid and electrical conductivity and chemical parameters such as; major cations and anions. From the findings it was observed that pH values fell within the slightly acidic range with the exception of sample location HG/08 with value of 7.01 which can consider to be neutral. The dominant factors that influence groundwater origin and geochemistry within the study area are mainly precipitation and weathering. From Gibb’s plot ninety percent (90 %) of groundwater chemistry is influenced by precipitation. While, Soltan classification showed that 98 % of groundwater belongs to (Na+ – SO42¯), hence it can be classified as deep meteoric (precipitation influence), while the remaining (2%) is of (Na+ – HCO3¯) its classified as shallow meteoric type. Lastly from relationship between Cl¯/HCO3¯ groundwater were slightly moderately affected by saline water intrusion.

Suggested Citation

  • M. O. Eyankware & O. O. Omo-Irabor, 2019. "An Integrated Approach To Groundwater Quality Assessment In Determining Factors That Influence The Geochemistry And Origin Of Sandstone Aquifers Southern Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria," Malaysian Journal of Geosciences (MJG), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 23-32, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbnmjg:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:23-32
    DOI: 10.26480/mjg.02.2019.23.32
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://myjgeosc.com/download/880/
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.26480/mjg.02.2019.23.32?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Junjie Wang & Xiaocui Wang & Yuru Wang & Donghui Yang, 2023. "Probabilistic Modeling of the Rainfall Severity and Height for Locating the Surface Artificial Recharge Structure," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 37(2), pages 955-974, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zib:zbnmjg:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:23-32. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Zibeline International Publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://myjgeosc.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.