Open AccessSeasonal Variations in the Hydrogeochemistry and the Domestic-Agro-Industrial Water Quality of the Granite-Gneiss Fractured Rock Aquiferous formations in Wum, North West Region, Cameroon
Author(s) -
Akoachere RA
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hsoa journal of environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2643-5020
DOI - 10.24966/escr-5020/s1001
Subject(s) - groundwater , gneiss , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , water quality , hydrogeology , geochemistry , environmental science , ecology , geotechnical engineering , metamorphic rock , biology
Wum the capital of Men chum Division is an important agricultural area in the Northwest Region in Cameroon vital for the food security of the country. The study objective was to determine and evaluate the seasonal variations during four hydrogeological seasons; dry (March), drywet (June), wet (September) and wetdry (December) in the groundwater chemistry, groundwater rock interactions and domestic-agro-industrial groundwater quality using hydrogeochemical tools; physicochemical parameters, ionic ratios, gibbs diagrams, piper diagrams, durov diagrams, Total Hardness HT, Water Quality Index WQI, Sodium Adsorption Ratio SAR