Leachate Characterization and Assessment of Groundwater and Surface Water Qualities Near Municipal Solid Waste Dump Site in Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
Leachate, groundwater and surface water samples were collected from trenches dug into refuse dump site, hand dug water wells and borehole as well as surface water in the vicinity of the Effurun…
Resistivity Methods in Hydro-Geophysical Investigation for Groundwater in Aghalokpe, Western Niger Delta
- K. Aweto
- Geology
- 8 November 2013
A combined surface and subsurface resistivity investigation was conducted in Aghalokpe with a view to providing adequate information about the subsurface layers, groundwater potential and quality of…
Urbanization and Major Ion Hydrogeochemistry of the Shallow Aquifer at the Effurun - Warri Metropolis, Nigeria
- I. Akpoborie, K. Aweto, O. Ohwoghere-Asuma
- Environmental Science
- 29 December 2014
Results from chemical analyses of forty dug well water samples in the Effurun-Warri metropolis show that mean pH is 7.1 and mean TDS is 193 mg/l. Representative mean levels of cation occurrence…
INVESTIGATIONS OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND EVOLUTION IN AN ESTUARY ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BURUTU ISLAND, WESTERN NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA
- K. Aweto, I. Akpoborie
- Environmental Science
- 2014
This paper evaluates groundwater quality in an estuary environment, using a vertical electrical resistivity sounding (VES) coupled with physiochemical analysis of subsurface groundwater samples. The…
Assessment of Aquifer Pollution Vulnerability Index at Oke–Ila, South-western Nigeria Using Vertical Electrical Soundings
- K. Aweto, O. Ohwoghere-Asuma
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Geography Environment and Earth…
- 29 June 2018
AN APPROACH TO ESTIMATE TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS IN GROUNDWATER USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SOUNDING AND GEOCHEMICAL METHODS
- K. Aweto, F. I. Chiyem, O. Asuma
- Geology, Environmental Science
- 6 March 2018
Electrical resistivity method gives somewhat reliable results in hydrogeophysical deductions, in which the disposition of aquifers can be suitably deciphered. The present study was conducted to…
AN INTEGRATION OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA IN EVALUAT- ING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN SAPELE METROPOLIS, WESTERN NIGER DELTA
- O. Ohwoghere-Asuma, K. Aweto
- Geology
- 15 May 2013
An integration of geoelectrical and geochemical data was used in Sapele metropolis to delineate the aquifer unit(s) and evaluated the geochemical parameters of the groundwater in the area. Ten (10)…
©Wilolud Online Journals, 2009. GEOELECTRICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
- K. Aweto
- Environmental Science
- 2010
ABSTRACT A combination of geoelectrical and geochemical inve stigation was carried out in Sapele metropolis to ascertain the aquifer characte ristics and geochemical parameters of the groundwater of…
Comparative study of total dissolved solids evaluated from resistivity sounding, water analysis and log data
- K. Aweto, F. I. Chiyem, O. Ohwoghere-Asuma
- Geology
- 2017
Combined methods of evaluating Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) from electrical resistivity sounding, water analysis and single point resistance logs were used in this study. Twelve (12) resistivity…
Hydrogeological Deductions from Geoelectric and Downhole Geophysical Data in Okpara Inland, Western Niger Delta, Nigeria
- K. Aweto
- Geology
- 2012
The integration of geoelectric and downhole resistivity survey can provide an approach to characterize the subsurface properties of aquifer and determination of groundwater quality. This is due to…