Statistical Approach in Determining the Spatial Changes of Surface Water Quality at the Upper Course of Kano River, Nigeria

Mustapha, Adamu; Aris, Ahmad Zaharin; Yusoff, Fatimah Md.; Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi; Ramli, Mohammad Firuz; Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom; Kura, Nura Umar; Narany, Tahoora Sheikhy

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“…However, as surface water quality is controlled by both natural factors (hydrological and meteorological conditions) and human influences (urban, industrial and agricultural activities), decision makers are facing with significant difficulties the problem of how to manage surface water quality [3][4][5]. Although water quality monitoring has greatly improved over the last few decades, a representative and reliable estimation of surface water quality is still challenging [6]. Therefore, the study of spatio-temporal variations and source apportionment of water pollution is especially essential in ecological environment protection and water resources management [7,8].…”

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“…Besides, many studies have applied DA to bring out the most significant variables that result in water quality spatial and temporal variation, and to optimize the monitoring program by decreasing the number of parameters monitored. For example, Mustapha et al [6] studied surface water quality variation using the DA method at the upper course of Kano River, Nigeria and suggested that seven variables were successfully separated among the 23 variables as the most statistically significant variables that brought spatial variation. A study conducted by Singh et al [18] showed that DA offers an important data reduction by using only six variables discriminating spatial pattern and two variables for temporal variation in Gomti River, India.…”

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Spatio-Temporal Variations and Source Apportionment of Water Pollution in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China

Chen

Lan

Zhang

2015

Water

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Understanding the spatio-temporal variation and the potential source of water pollution could greatly improve our knowledge of human impacts on the environment. In this work, data of 11 water quality indices were collected during 2012-2014 at 10 monitoring sites in the mainstream and major tributaries of the Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China. The fuzzy comprehensive assessment (FCA), the cluster analysis (CA) and the discriminant analysis (DA) were used to assess the water pollution status and analyze its spatio-temporal variation. Ten sites were classified by the high pollution (HP) region and the low pollution (LP) region, while 12 months were divided into the wet season and the dry season. It was found that the HP region was mainly in the small tributaries with small drainage areas and low average annual discharges, and it was also found that most of these rivers went through urban areas with industrial and domestic sewages input into the water body. Principal component analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA) was applied to reveal potential pollution sources, whereas absolute principal component score-multiple linear regression (APCS-MLR) was used to identify their contributions to each water quality variable. The study area was found as being generally affected by OPEN ACCESSWater 2015, 7 2592 industrial and domestic sewage. Furthermore, the HP region was polluted by chemical industries, and the LP region was influenced by agricultural and livestock sewage.

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Spatio-Temporal Variations and Source Apportionment of Water Pollution in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China

Chen

Lan

Zhang

2015

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“…The findings of Mustapha et al (2014) revealed that surface water freshness deteriorates more in the drier period than in the wetter period due to the effect of rainfall recharge and dilution capability. Based on the selected surface water quality parameters (pH, temperature, total suspended solids, NH4 þ -N, and NO3-N), Tukur et al (2018) investigated the spatial changes of surface and shallow groundwater quality along Hadejia River Basin.…”

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“…The Chad formation area of the basin seems to be the principal manageable store of fresh underground water due to the high rate of infiltration, and for that reason groundwater is often considered a rational freshwater resource in the downstream areas of the basin. Conversely, in the basement complex region of the basin, surface water is relatively available even though rapid population growth in association with urbanization has led to severe pollution of the surface water resources (Mustapha et al 2013(Mustapha et al , 2014. Consequently, there is increased groundwater exploitation evidenced by increased production of water resources via boreholes, essentially for home usage.…”

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Surface water resources management along Hadejia River Basin, northwestern Nigeria

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Ramli

Aris

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The current review has unveiled the spatial disparity of the surface water resources availability between the upstream and downstream of the Hadejia River Basin (HRB). The surface water resources are more abundant in the upstream areas of the basin. Although rainfall and temperature dynamics are identified as the major reason for these spatial variations, other important factors include the differences in the geological formation and the land use changes. Furthermore, the differences in the geological formations between the upstream and downstream areas have further widened the disparities in the surface water resources available across the basin which are motivated by the differences in the rate of infiltration. The combined effects of these factors affect both spatial availability and the quality variation of the surface water resources. However, as per this review, there is no single integrated study reported to have aimed at addressing the problems of water resource excesses, deficiencies and/or pollution throughout the basin. To address the problem of water pollution, floods, and droughts, the current review recommends the use of riverbank filtration (RBF), aquifer recharge and recovery (ARR) and rainwater harvesting.

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“…The evaluation of water quality in most countries has become a critical issue in recent years; especially due to concerns that freshwater will be a scarce resource in the future (Simeonov et al 2003;Singh et al 2004;Boyacioglu and Boyacioglu 2007;Papazova and Simeonova 2013). Water quality monitoring is a helpful tool not only to evaluate the impacts of pollution sources but also to ensure an efficient management of water resources and the protection of aquatic life (Mustapha et al 2014). The qualities of water bodies vary widely depending on the location and environmental factors.…”

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Study on hydrochemical characterization and annual changes of surface water quality for agricultural and drinking purposes in semi-arid area

Aminiyan

Heydariyan

2016

Sustain. Water Resour. Manag.

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River water can be known as one of the source of water supply in arid and semi-arid regions. One of the important purposes of hydrology is to ensure water supply in accordance with the quality criteria for agricultural, industrial, and drinking water uses. The main objective of this study was to assess the annual changes of water quality in terms of suitability for drinking and agricultural uses in Givdari River, Rafsanjan, Iran. For this purpose, a dataset of monthly averaged values of water quality variables for the Givdari River was prepared for the years of 2001-2010. Result showed that based on the EC and TDS values, the use of river water for irrigation is suitable and acceptable. The pH values were suitable for agriculture and drinking uses in all the studied years. The results also indicated that hazard state with respect to Mg had normal status. According to the correlation coefficient (r), values there are statistically significant (a = 0.01) positive correlations between Cl and Na (r = 0.981), Cl and Mg (r = 0.894), and Cl and SO 4 (r = 0.872). The TDS had good significant correlation with EC (r = 0.999) and all cations and SO 4 and HCO 3 anions at the 0.01 level. The Total Hardness (TH) had good statistically significant correlation with all cations and some anions such as Cl, and HCO 3. According to the hydrochemistry diagrams, the main water types during 10 years based on the frequency were NaCl and NaHCO 3 .

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Statistical Approach in Determining the Spatial Changes of Surface Water Quality at the Upper Course of Kano River, Nigeria

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

Spatio-Temporal Variations and Source Apportionment of Water Pollution in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China

Spatio-Temporal Variations and Source Apportionment of Water Pollution in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China

Surface water resources management along Hadejia River Basin, northwestern Nigeria

Study on hydrochemical characterization and annual changes of surface water quality for agricultural and drinking purposes in semi-arid area

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