Assessment of Aquifer Protective Capacity, Against the Surface Contamination. A Case Study of Kaduna Industrial Village, Nigeria
J. O. Alao *
Department of Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, Nigeria.
M. S. Ahmad
Department of Physics, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria.
T. T. Danjumo
Department of Physics, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
A. Ango
Department of Physics with Electronics, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Jaiyeoba
Department of Physics, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Geo-electric soundings was carried out in 22 different locations at Kaduna Refinery Petrochemical Corporation (KRPC) and White Oil and Gas Layout, Mahuta, Kaduna. The aquifer protective capacity and Hydraulic characteristics of the study area was computed from the Geoelectric parameters using Dar-Zarrouk and hydrological parameters. The interpreted data were presented in tabular form, Geoelectric/geology soil profiles and contoured maps. The results show that the study area aquifer is relatively protected with an average value of 0.5 mhos with an indication of infiltration of contaminant in some location. The hydraulic parameter values also show that the study area aquifer has the capacity to produce water non-stopping if the wells are sited based the geophysical investigation. The computed hydraulic characteristics and transmissivity of the area has an average value of 5.5 m/day and 6.1 /hour, which implies that, the study area has the capacity to transmit groundwater through a distance of 5.5 m in 24-hour and can covers 6.1 in one hour.
Keywords: Protective capacity, hydraulic characteristics, transmissivity, Dar-Zarrouk parameters