Determining the Physicochemical Parameters of Soil and Groundwater in Kaltungo LGA, Gombe State, Nigeria | Chapter 12 | New Innovations in Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 3

 Groundwater and soil samples were collected in Kaltungo LGA, Gombe State, in April 2012 to determine the quality of the groundwater (dry season). The purpose of this research was to look at various physicochemical parameters of drinking water samples collected from hand-dug wells and boreholes that had not been treated before use. The purpose was to establish the quality of water from various sources as a result of reported dental fluorosis. Intake of large amounts of fluoride during the early infancy years, when both the deciduous and permanent dentition are growing, has been linked to dental fluorosis. Ten soil and groundwater samples were gathered from four sampling sites, with two samples collected as a control from the Billiri LGA. On the samples obtained, the parameters nitrate, sulphate, phosphate, chloride, fluoride, electrical conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, temperature, turbidity, total hardness, and total alkalinity were determined using a standard procedure. The following variances in the examined parameters in samples were discovered by the data: Temperature: 24.5-27.3oC, pH: 5.47-7.50, electrical conductivity (EC): 700-20,000 s/cm, total hardness: 60.70-979.6 mg/L, alkalinity: 24.10-79.03 mg/L, turbidity: 0.06-95.40 NTU, phosphate: 0.05-0.80 mg/L, fluoride: 1.31-1.97 mg/L, nitrate: 19.40- The bulk of the examined indicators were found in excess of the World Health Organization's permissible thresholds for drinking water quality criteria in the Kaltungo samples. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation were used to describe the findings.

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Casimir E. Gimba
Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

George I. Ndukwe
Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

Elaoyi D. Paul
Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

James D. Habila
Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

Lamis A. Madaki
Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.

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Comparative & Sensitivity Analysis of Seasonal Variation of Borehole Water Quality in Selected Communities in River State | Chapter 12 | Emerging Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 4

This study was aimed at comparing groundwater quality of three communities namely Choba, Ekini and Ozuoba, all in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in River State, Nigeria. Water samples from the functioning boreholes in these communities were collected and then analyzed physiochemically. Analysis of variance and weighted water quality index approach and multiple regression analyses were the methodologies employed for analyses of the collected data. Microsoft excel 2016 and an add-in (XLSTAT 2016) were the statistical tools used as aids for data analyses. Additionally, manual calculation on one-way analysis of variance was carried out to cross-check the output on XLSTAT software results for Choba Ph values between wet and dry seasons. At 5% level of significance, the computed results indicated significance for both manual and XLSTAT outputs. The result from the analyses revealed poor water quality for Choba and Ozuoba communities with water quality indexes of 55.14 and 63.34, respectively. Ekini community has a good water quality rating with water quality index of 29.79. The developed model for prediction of water quality index for the communities revealed mean square errors, 0.000 and goodness of fits, 1.000. However, sensitivity analyses on the developed model parameters revealed that for Choba and Ekini communities, the major parameters with significant influence on the water quality index were pH, Turbidity and Al. While for Ozuoba community, pH, and Al had significant influence on the resultant water quality index based on the sensitivity analyses on the developed water quality index model.

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Ify L. Nwaogazie
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

O. P. Osamudiamen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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