Abstract
Eight Vertical Electrical Sounding surveys were carried out in Abua town in Rivers State, Nigeria to determine the depth to shallow aquifers suitable for borehole drilling for groundwater use in the town. The Schlumberger array method was employed with current electrode spread of 200 m to 600 m and the corresponding electric current and voltage measured. The apparent resistivity was obtained and plotted against half the current electrode spread with the aid of an IPWIN 12 software to obtain the field curves which were interpreted in terms of resistivity, thickness and depth of occurrence. The results revealed two to four geoelectric sections with resistivity values of 8.29 Ω to 777 Ω. The maximum depth penetrated was 56.5 m with the maximum current electrode spread used. A shallow aquifer close to the surface at Omelema waterside was observed with a thickness of 49 m. The abnormal resistivity value of this zone indicates that it was probably contaminated by saline water intrusion. At Abua LGA site, a shallow aquifer was also observed at a depth of 7.86 m. At the dump site, the shallow aquifer was contaminated by leachates while at Omelema primary school site the result revealed unconsolidated sediments. The results for Abua Amp site and Rghom site also revealed shallow aquifers at depths of 4 m and 6 m respectively.
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