Hydrogeochemistry Characteristics Assessment of Water Quality in Amansiodo and Environs, Ezeagu Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study focuses on hydrogeochemistry characteristics assessment, aimed at determining the level of water quality in Amansiodo and environs. Geologically, the area is underlain bycross bedded, friable, whitish, poorly sorted Ajali Sandstone which is overlain by heterolithic units of shale, siltstone intercalation, mudstone, lateratic sandstone and ironstone of Nsukka Formation. A total of ten (10) water samples; hand-dug wells (3), springs (3) and boreholes (4) were collected from different locations within the study area and analyzed for their physicochemical parameters (pH, EC and TDS), cations (Ca, Na, Mg and (K), anions (Cl, HCO₃, NO_3, PO⁴ and SO_4</su