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Assessment of Cu, Pb, Zn, and Cd in groundwater in areas around the derelict Enyigba Mines, south eastern Nigeria.

H.N Ezeh

Abstract


The assessment of the concentration of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in groundwater in Enyigba is critical because of presence of numerous Pb – Zn lodes and conditions that are capable of mobilizing the metals into groundwater and pedalogical systems. Groundwater forms one of the major sources of potable water in the area. Analyses of samples of groundwater in the area however reveal that heavy metals pollution of groundwater is low. The concentration of Cu in groundwater in Enyigba vary from 0.01 – 0.07mg/l; Pb


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Global Journal of Geological Sciences.   ISSN: 1596-6798