The Physiochemical Investigation of Groundwater around Jere, North-eastern Nigeria

International Journal of Applied Physics
© 2020 by SSRG - IJAP Journal
Volume 7 Issue 3
Year of Publication : 2020
Authors : Tijjani Inusa Atom, Muhammad Hassan, and Mohammed Maina

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Tijjani Inusa Atom, Muhammad Hassan, and Mohammed Maina, "The Physiochemical Investigation of Groundwater around Jere, North-eastern Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 7,  no. 3, pp. 83-87, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23500301/IJAP-V7I3P113

Abstract:

The data on groundwater conditions are needed to encourage the communities on sustainable groundwater management. In this work, the physiochemical investigation was conducted in twenty (20) water samples collected from boreholes, wash boreholes, and hand-dug wells. The direct reading (DR) spectrometer was used to measure the temperature, color, turbidity, PH, electrical conductivity (EC), cations, and anions. The results obtained from the analysis of water samples showed that TDS of water has a mean of 131.60 mg/l, water has the mean PH values of 6.94 and the mean EC of the water samples is 373.50 μS/cm. For the presence of cations in the groundwater samples, calcium ion (Ca2+) has the mean concentration of 48.89 mg/l, magnesium ion (Mg2+) has the mean concentration of 5.28 mg/l, potassium ion (K2+) has a mean concentration of 11.10 mg/l and the mean concentration of 0.16 mg/l was recorded for iron (Fe2+). There were also anions present in the water samples and chloride ion (Clˉ) concentration in the sample is 2.73 mg/l, sulfate (SO₄²ˉ) has a mean concentration of 11.90 mg/l and the values of fluoride ion (F-) concentration in the water sample is 0.15 mg/l. Thus, the mean cations concentration level of the groundwater sample collected from the Muna area are in the sequence of Ca²+ ˃ Mg²+ ˃ K+ > Fe²+ while the mean anions concentration level has the sequence SO₄²- ˃ NO32- > Cl- ˃ F-. These values, when compared with the WHO (2011) and SON (2007) standards are found to be within the recommended and permissible limits.

Keywords:

Physiochemical, groundwater, assessment, cations, anions, Jere.

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