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 …

A comprehensive review on chromium (Cr) contamination and Cr (VI)-resistant extremophiles in diverse extreme environments

Z Rahman, L Thomas, SPK Chetri, S Bodhankar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Chromium (Cr) compounds are usually toxins and exist abundantly in two different forms, Cr
(VI) and Cr (III), in nature. Their contamination in any environment is a major problem. Many …

Groundwater quality index and potential human health risk assessment of heavy metals in water: A case study of Calabar metropolis, Nigeria

NM Ogarekpe, CC Nnaji, OJ Oyebode… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aims to determine the spatial variability of physico-chemical characteristics and
heavy metals constituent of groundwater within Calabar Metropolis, as well as the potential …

Evaluations of groundwater contamination by leachates around Olusosun open dumpsite in Lagos metropolis, southwest Nigeria

OS Aboyeji, SF Eigbokhan - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
A major cause of groundwater pollution in urban areas is contamination by leachates
emanating from municipal solid waste dumpsites. The study evaluated the quality of water of …

Hydrochemical characteristics and quality assessment of groundwater along the coastal tracts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India

AF Khan, K Srinivasamoorthy, C Rabina - Applied Water Science, 2020 - Springer
Coastal areas provide the largest avenue for human settlement worldwide. Among the
different sources of water, groundwater comes under the most exploited for domestic …

Delineating the impact of urbanization on the hydrochemistry and quality of groundwater wells in Aba, Nigeria

UD Ijioma - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater samples from 61 randomly selected tube-wells in densely residential (DR) and
sparse residential (SR) parts of Aba, Nigeria were analysed to elucidate the influence of …

Integrated approaches to groundwater quality assessment and hydrochemical processes in Lagos, Nigeria

IS Akoteyon, II Balogun, ASO Soneye - Applied Water Science, 2018 - Springer
Integrated approaches of water quality indices, multivariate statistical analysis, and
geostatistical technique were applied to examine the groundwater quality and …

Identification of the geochemical processes in groundwater by factor analysis in hard rock aquifers of Madurai District, South India

C Thivya, S Chidambaram, R Thilagavathi… - Arabian Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
A study was carried out in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, India to identify the
hydrogeochemical processes using factor analysis as a predictive tool. It also focuses on …

Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the shallow groundwater quality in a typical irrigation area with reclaimed water, North China Plain

X Gu, Y Xiao, S Yin, X Pan, Y Niu, J Shao, Y Cui… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
In this study, the hydrochemical characteristics of shallow groundwater were analyzed to get
insight into the factors affecting groundwater quality in a typical agricultural dominated area …

Surface–ground water interactions and hydrogeochemical evolution in a fluvio-deltaic setting: The case study of the Pinios River delta

I Matiatos, V Paraskevopoulou, K Lazogiannis… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
River deltas sustain important ecosystems with rich biodiversity and large biomass, as well
as human populations via the availability of water and food sources. Anthropogenic …