relation: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/10508/
title: Water quality assessment for groundwater  around amunicipal waste dumpsite
creator: Kayode, O.T
creator: Okagbue, H. I.
creator: Achuka, J.A
subject: Q Science (General)
subject: QA Mathematics
subject: QC Physics
description: The datasetforthisarticlecontainsgeostatisticalanalysisofthe  level towhichgroundwaterqualityaroundamunicipalwaste  dumpsite locatedinOke-Afa,Oshodi/IsoloareaofLagosstate,  southwesternhasbeencompromisedfordrinking.Groundwater  samples werecollectedfromeighthand-dugwellsandtwobore-  hole wellsaroundornearthedumpsite.ThepH,turbidity,salinity,  conductivity,totalhydrocarbon,totaldissolvedsolids(TDS),dis-  solvedoxygen,chloride,Sulphate(SO4), Nitrate(NO3) andPhos-  phate (PO4) weredeterminedforthewatersamplesandcompared  with WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)drinkingwaterstandard.  Notably,theturbidity,TDS,chlorideandconductivityofsomeof  the sampleswereabovetheWHOacceptablelimits.Also,high  quantitiesofheavymetalssuchasAluminumandBariumwere  also presentasshownfromthedata.Thedatasetcanprovide  insights intothehealthimplicationsofthecontaminantsespe-  cially whenthemeanconcentrationlevelsofthecontaminantsare  abovetherecommendedWHOdrinkingwaterstandard
date: 2018
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/10508/1/1-s2.0-S2352340918300751-main.pdf
identifier:   Kayode, O.T and Okagbue, H. I. and Achuka, J.A  (2018) Water quality assessment for groundwater around amunicipal waste dumpsite.  Data in Brief, 17.  pp. 579-587.      
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