A comprehensive review of water quality monitoring and assessment in Nigeria

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world with about 199 million people. About
66.3 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In this study, research …

Groundwater chemistry and quality of Nigeria: A status review

A Edet, TN Nganje, AJ Ukpong, AS Ekwere - African Journal of …, 2011 - ajol.info
The present work is a review on the quality characteristics of groundwater in Nigeria. The
aim was to collate, synthesize and analyse hydrochemical data from available literature in …

[PDF][PDF] Industrial effluents and their impact on water quality of receiving rivers in Nigeria

I Kanu, OK Achi - Journal of applied technology in …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Industrial wastewaters entering a water body represent a heavy source of environmental
pollution in Nigerian rivers. It affects both the water quality as well as the microbial and …

The analysis of rainfall-induced slope failures at Iva Valley area of Enugu State, Nigeria

O Igwe, W Mode, O Nnebedum, I Okonkwo… - Environmental earth …, 2014 - Springer
This paper analyses the dominant mechanisms of slope failures and identifies potential
obstacles to landslide-hazard reduction at the Iva Valley area, Enugu, Nigeria. The …

[PDF][PDF] Groundwater quality in Nigerian urban areas: a review

MI Ocheri, LA Odoma, ND Umar - Global journal of science frontier …, 2014 - academia.edu
Benue State University Makurdi, Nigeria Abstract-The status of the quality of groundwater in
urban areas of Nigeria is reviewed in this paper. This is done against the backdrop of its …

Determining the occurrence of potential groundwater zones using integrated hydro-geomorphic parameters, GIS and remote sensing in Enugu State, Southeastern …

O Igwe, SI Ifediegwu, OS Onwuka - Sustainable Water Resources …, 2020 - Springer
In many parts of Nigeria, water resource is scarce, and where available, determining their
abundance is difficult. In the present paper, various groundwater potential zones for the …

Effect of environmental pollution on susceptibility of sesquioxide-rich soils to water erosion

C Emeh, O Igwe - Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This work assessed the impact of environmental pollution on soils susceptibility to water
erosion within South-eastern Nigeria. Sources of pollutants which could possibly affect the …

Variations in soils derived from an erodible sandstone formation and factors controlling their susceptibility to erosion and landslide

C Emeh, O Igwe - Journal of the geological society of India, 2017 - Springer
Environmental degradations caused by erosion and landslide within an area in the South-
eastern part of Nigeria were assessed, and also an attempt to characterize the underlying …

Assessment of the impact of onsite sanitary sewage system and agricultural wastes on groundwater quality in Ikem and its environs, south-eastern Nigeria

OS Onwuka, CK Ezugwu… - Geology, Ecology, and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Physicochemical, multivariate, and bacteriological analyses were integrated to assess the
impact of onsite sanitary sewage and agricultural waste on groundwater quality in Ikem and …

Effect of geochemical composition of lateritic soils on their geotechnical properties

ES Onwo, C Emeh, O Igwe - Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2022 - Springer
Laterites are usually considered a good subgrade and sub-base materials in roads and
pavements construction within tropical and subtropical regions because of their availability …