Groundwater Condition and Management in Kano Region, Northwestern Nigeria

Tukur, Abubakar Ibrahim; Nabegu, Aliyu Baba; Umar, Da’u Abba; Olofin, E. A.; Sulaiman, Wan Nor Azmin

doi:10.3390/hydrology5010016

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“…Therefore, these are the most important soils in the basin. The floodplains have extensive thick sealing clays which prohibit seepage (Tukur et al 2018).…”

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Detection and prediction of land use change impact on the streamflow regime in Sahelian river basin, northwestern Nigeria

Umar¹,

Ramli

Tukur

et al. 2021

H2Open Journal

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Detecting and predicting the impact of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on streamflow are crucial sources of information for the effective management and protection of land and water resources in Sahelian ecosystems such as the Hadejia river basin. In this study, LULC change detection was performed using ENVI, while the LULC modeling was conducted using the cellular automata (CA)–Markov in the IDRISI environment. However, the streamflow trend and variation were assessed using the Mann–Kendall (MK) trend test and the inverse distance weightage (IDW). Before the LULC modeling and projection (2030), the LULC was classified for 1990, 2000, and 2010 using supervise classification. Model output revealed a strong relationship between LULC and streamflow trend, thus, the decade 1990–2000, was the decade with high forest clearance and streamflow output, consequently severe floods. However, the decade 2000–2010 witnessed land use expansion mainly via construction (3.4%). Meanwhile, the scenario will slightly change in the future as agriculture is projected to expand by about 9.3% from 2010 to 2030 due to the increased human population. Thus, food insecurity aggravated by climate change should be anticipated, and measures to avert/reduce their effects must be initiated.

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“…Therefore, these are the most important soils in the basin. The floodplains have extensive thick sealing clays which prohibit seepage (Tukur et al 2018).…”

Section: Soilsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detection and prediction of land use change impact on the streamflow regime in Sahelian river basin, northwestern Nigeria

Umar¹,

Ramli

Tukur

et al. 2021

H2Open Journal

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“…However, the direct recharge to groundwater is about 86 mm and 94 mm computed as mean direct recharge observed in the upstream of Wudil and between Wudil and Hadejia station, respectively. In another development, changes in climate and land use were particularly found to affect the surface water chemistry of the basin (Tukur et al 2018). Evidence is in the spatial differences in dominance of water quality classes with the doubtful water quality class being higher in Wudil and Hadejia ( Figure 5), where the latter was influenced by wastewater from municipalities of Kano and Wudil while the former was influenced by the effect of chemical fertilizers used in irrigation plots around Hadejia area.…”

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“…The findings of Mustapha et al (2014) revealed that surface water freshness deteriorates more in the drier period than in the wetter period due to the effect of rainfall recharge and dilution capability. Based on the selected surface water quality parameters (pH, temperature, total suspended solids, NH4 þ -N, and NO3-N), Tukur et al (2018) investigated the spatial changes of surface and shallow groundwater quality along Hadejia River Basin. The results showed the order of concentration of surface water pollution class ranging from moderate .…”

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Surface water resources management along Hadejia River Basin, northwestern Nigeria

Umar¹,

Ramli

Aris

et al. 2019

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The current review has unveiled the spatial disparity of the surface water resources availability between the upstream and downstream of the Hadejia River Basin (HRB). The surface water resources are more abundant in the upstream areas of the basin. Although rainfall and temperature dynamics are identified as the major reason for these spatial variations, other important factors include the differences in the geological formation and the land use changes. Furthermore, the differences in the geological formations between the upstream and downstream areas have further widened the disparities in the surface water resources available across the basin which are motivated by the differences in the rate of infiltration. The combined effects of these factors affect both spatial availability and the quality variation of the surface water resources. However, as per this review, there is no single integrated study reported to have aimed at addressing the problems of water resource excesses, deficiencies and/or pollution throughout the basin. To address the problem of water pollution, floods, and droughts, the current review recommends the use of riverbank filtration (RBF), aquifer recharge and recovery (ARR) and rainwater harvesting.

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“…Tarauni has the same geology as Kano in general. According to Tukur et al (2018) the region extends over two major geological structures. The southern and western parts of the region are underlain by the Basement Complex rocks and the north-eastern part by the sedimentary Chad Formation.…”

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Assessment of groundwater quality condition at Tarauni dumpsite area, Kano Northwestern Nigeria

Sule¹,

Saleh²,

Lawan³

et al. 2020

Int. J. Phys. Sci.

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2-D resistivity imaging and physicochemical analysis were used to investigate the intrusion of leachates on groundwater quality around a dumpsite in Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. Four (4) imaging traverse lines were established and Wenner configuration was adopted using an electrode spacing from 5.0, 10.0, 15.0 to 60.0 m. Data collected from the imaging were inverted using AGI EarthImager 2D software and the results obtained were used to construct the Geologic model section using Surfer 9.0 software. Fifteen (15) water samples were collected for the physicochemical analysis from in and around the study area. The results indicated the presence and the range of the following parameters: pH (6.86-8.1), electrical conductivity (E.C) (305-1239 μS/cm), total dissolved solid (TDS) (215-747 mg/L), nitrite (NO 2-) (0.18-0.59 mg/L), phosphate (PO 4) (2.4-7.16 mg/L), cadmium (Cd) (0.003-0.3 mg/L), chromium (Cr) (0.020-0.79 mg/L), copper (Cu) (0.125-02.273 mg/L) and iron (Fe 3+) (0.10-0.25 mg/L). All the parameters analysed were found to be above permissible limit in the control sample; this shows that the dumpsite was the source of the groundwater contamination. Traverse 3 and 4 were the mostly affected. In Traverse 3 the contamination reached a depth of about 17.1 m between 160 and 175 m along the profile while in Traverse 4 it reached a depth of about 26 m which extends from 5 to 85 m along the profile. Groundwater samples in the study area were found to be inadmissible for human consumption when results were compared with specification from WHO (2008) and NSDQW (2007) standard. Both results of the resistivity imaging and physicochemical analysis indicated the presence of contamination in the subsurface water.

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Groundwater Condition and Management in Kano Region, Northwestern Nigeria

Cited by 17 publications

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Detection and prediction of land use change impact on the streamflow regime in Sahelian river basin, northwestern Nigeria

Detection and prediction of land use change impact on the streamflow regime in Sahelian river basin, northwestern Nigeria

Surface water resources management along Hadejia River Basin, northwestern Nigeria

Assessment of groundwater quality condition at Tarauni dumpsite area, Kano Northwestern Nigeria

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