Abstract
This article looks into groundwater pollution in Nigeria; groundwater uses and suggests how to go about protection of Nigeria’s underground water. There were case studies of wells at different regions; content analysis indicated physical, chemical and organic factors with parameters that surpassed upper boundaries established by World Health Organization. The public full understanding of economic and social importance of underground water will help in Full integration of Comprehensive Regional Groundwater Protection Program for Nigeria.
Highlights
Groundwater protection programs are the point of convergence for a new collaboration and cooperation between Environmental Protection Agencies, various institutions and firms to achieve a more economical, systematic, competent, extensive and infinite approach to protecting groundwater resources
Nigeria is not exempted in adopting a Comprehensive Regional Groundwater Protection Program (CRGWPP)
Knowing the cost of cleaning up groundwater pollution and the necessity to concentrate on effort and resources on inhibition, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) and the regions must take a specific realistic approach to a restoration based on reasonably expected usage of the resources and that of social and economic values
Summary
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 8 Podolskoe Shosse, bldg. 5, Moscow, 113093, Russian Federation. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 8 Podolskoe Shosse, bldg. This article looks into groundwater pollution in Nigeria; groundwater uses and suggests how to go about protection of Nigeria’s underground water. There were case studies of wells at different regions; content analysis indicated physical, chemical and organic factors with parameters that surpassed upper boundaries established by World Health Organization.
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