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Research Paper | Water Management | Nigeria | Volume 10 Issue 3, March 2021
Assessment of the Impacts of Solid Waste Dumpsites on Hand-dug Wells within Bauchi City Wall
Ezemokwe Ifeanyi Uchenna | Victor Istifanus [2] | Ezeanya Maureen Chioma
Abstract: This study assessed the impacts of solid waste dumpsite on hand-dug wells within some parts of Bauchi metropolis. The results of the water samples collected and analyzed showed that there are high concentrations of physical (colour and Total Dissolved Solid) and some chemicals (zinc, cadmium, chromium, magnesium and calcium) parameters while some are low in concentration from hand-dug wells located near to solid waste at open dump sites. However, results of the water samples analyzed from hand-dug wells located very far away from open site shows that there are high concentrations of chemical (nitrate, nitrate-nitrogen, lead and pH) and high in bacteriologic content (faecal coliform). This finding therefore concludes that both water samples from hand-dug wells near and very far away from open waste dump sites are contaminated by solid waste, animal dung, latrine or geological formation
Keywords: Hand dug wells, Total Dissolved Solids, faecal coliform, dump sites, Solid waste
Edition: Volume 10 Issue 3, March 2021,
Pages: 1658 - 1663
Assessment of the Impacts of Solid Waste Dumpsites on Hand-dug Wells within Bauchi City Wall
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Ezemokwe Ifeanyi Uchenna, Victor Istifanus, Ezeanya Maureen Chioma, "Assessment of the Impacts of Solid Waste Dumpsites on Hand-dug Wells within Bauchi City Wall", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=SR21322193724, Volume 10 Issue 3, March 2021, 1658 - 1663, #ijsrnet
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