Ambiente & Água - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science ISSN: 1980-993X
[email protected] Universidade de Taubaté Brasil Omaka, Omaka Ndukaku; Offor, Ifeanyi Francis; Onwe, Ikechukwu Moses Hydrogeochemical attribut es and ground water quality of Ngbo Community in Ohaukwu Area Council, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Ambiente & Água - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science, vol. 10, núm. 1, enero-marzo, 2015, pp. 35-47 Universidade de Taubaté Taubaté, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92832874004 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Ambiente & Água - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science ISSN 1980-993X – doi:10.4136/1980-993X www.ambi-agua.net E-mail:
[email protected] Hydrogeochemical attributes and ground water quality of Ngbo Community in Ohaukwu Area Council, Ebonyi State, Nigeria doi: 10.4136/ambi-agua.1453 Received: 03 Jul. 2014; Accepted: 29 Oct. 2014 Omaka Ndukaku Omaka1; Ifeanyi Francis Offor1*; Ikechukwu Moses Onwe2 1Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Department of chemistry 2Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Department of Geology *Corresponding author: e-mail:
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[email protected] ABSTRACT This study evaluated the hydrogeochemical attributes and quality of groundwater resources in Ngbo, Ohaukwu Area Council of Ebonyi State, Nigeria in order to determine whether boreholes in the area were suitable for potable uses. Eleven groundwater samples were collected from hand-dug boreholes between February and March, 2013.