ASSESSMENT OF DUMPSITE IMPACT ON SOIL AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN TUDUN WADA, KADUNA
ASSESSMENT OF DUMPSITE IMPACT ON SOIL AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN TUDUN WADA, KADUNA
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2016-02
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SAIDU, SANUSI
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Abstract
The assessment of dumpsite impact on soil and groundwater quality in Tudun Wada,
Kaduna was carried out. Eight samples of soil and groundwater respectively were collected
using grid sampling method and analysed by using Atomic Absorption spectrometer,
colony counter, data logging spectrometer and oxygen meter, in Kaduna State
Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) laboratory. The results of the water samples
obtained showed that most of the physicochemical parameters of the samples analysed such
as temperature, pH, conductivity, TDS, dissolved oxygen, BOD, total alkalinity, chloride
content, total hardness, sulphate, nitrate, phosphate, copper, cadmium, chromium, iron, lead
and zinc were within the permissible limit by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and
Nigerian Standard Drinking Water Quality (NSDWQ), while some parameters such as total
dissolved solid and biochemical oxygen demand varied with the spartial position from the
dumpsite, others such as sulphate and total hardness showed no regular distribution with
regards to the distance from the dumpsite but are rather seeing as a function of geological
formation of the area. On the other hand, the microbial parameters analysed, total coliform
and hetetrophic count were found to be above the permissible limit which are for samples
A1 to A8 were between 100 cfu/ml to 15 cfu/ml for the coliform count instead of 10 cfu/ml
by the WHO and NSDWQ, while the hetetrophic count for samples A1 to A3 were between
152 cfu/ml to 110 cfu/ml instead of 100 cfu/ml permissible limit by the WHO. The
community may be prone to microbial or pathogenic epidemic, if proper measures were not
taken.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF A
MASTER DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, DUMPSITE IMPACT,, SOIL,, GROUNDWATER QUALITY,, TUDUN WADA,, KADUNA,