Authors : Ibrahim S. O.; Dibal H. U.; Momoh A.

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26sep1409

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Abstract : Groundwater Quality Index (WQI) was used in evaluating the water qualities of shallow groundwater of Okene and Adavi areas, North central Nigeria for drinking, domestic, agricultural and industrial purpose. Water Quality Index (WQI) simply converts and integrates large numbers of complicated datasets of the physicochemical elements with the hydrogeological parameters into quantitative and qualitative data for better understanding of water quality. Thirty-two shallow groundwater samples were sampled (fifteen from boreholes and seventeen from hand dug wells).

Keywords : WQI, Cations, Anions, Okene, Groundwater.

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