This study investigates variation of termite mounds in relation to the control soils around our environment that are not hindered by the termites at various locations at The Polytechnic; Ibadan, Oyo State, southwest Nigeria. From the study area, five termitaria were selected at random. At the core of termitaria, soil samples were taken at a distance of 7.5m and 15m to the both side of termitaria. Twenty five (25 soil samples were collected in all and were subjected to geotechnical properties such as natural moisture content, grain size analysis, california bearing ratio (CBR) test, Atterberg’s limits, and unconfined compressive strength test. The results proved that termite mound soil have better geotechnical properties compared to surrounding control soil. The betterment was attributed to the activities of termites in termitaria thus increasing the strength parameters present in the soil.

Water is the second most important basic need of man after oxygen which is the first. The quality of life in villages and cities depends on the regular supply of pure and unpolluted fresh water. The quality of water bodies depends on their physicochemical and microbial characteristics. The hand-dug wells and boreholes are charactacterised as groundwater under this study. Sampling was done on 21 points containing wells and bore holes within part of Mokola-Eleyele in order to assess their physiochemical contents. The sample was collected during September 2018 -February 2019. Laboratory analysis was carried out on them. The physical and chemical contents observed are; pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), Calcium (Ca 2+ ), magnesium (Mg 2+ ), Chloride (Cl -), Sulphate (SO4 + ), Nitrate (NO3 + ) and iron content (Fe 2+ ) were analyzed for each water sample collected. The values of physical and chemical contents were compared with the standard values set by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) and the results were within their safe limits. The t-test analysis carried out showed the correlation between chemical contents at 90%, 95% and 99% confidence level, the results shows that the significant differences exist for the parameters. It can be concluded that the qualities of both hand dug wells and boreholes water samples were suitable for human consumption