Assessment of Groundwater Quality at a Waste Disposal Site of Ranji Waste Disposal Site in Bampai Industrial Area Kano-Nigeria

A. S. Aliyu

Abstract: The groundwater quality at Ranji waste disposal site is threatened by contamination. the presence of some harmful organic like phenols and phosphate and inorganic substances like n itrites, cadmium, lead, chromium were established in the leachate, bore hole samples were collected in the area and also analyzed for the same substances but only lead was found to be present.

Keywords: water quality, groundwater, waste disposal, natural reservoir, pollution, pollutants