Preliminary Investigations for Landfill Siting in Lafia, Nasarawa State of Central Nigeria

Namo Micah Musa; Mallo Stephen; Wazoh Hannatu; Ikeadighi Jane; Elaigwu Samuel; Lucas Dan

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Preliminary Investigations for Landfill Siting in Lafia, Nasarawa State of Central Nigeria

Namo Micah Musa, Mallo Stephen, Wazoh Hannatu, Ikeadighi Jane, Elaigwu Samuel, Lucas Dan

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Waste management has taken the front purview in recent years due to the evident and attendant effects of indiscriminate disposal of wastes to the environment. This led to the preliminary investigations for the proposed siting of a landfill facility in Lafia and environs of Nasarawa State in Central Nigeria, with the aim of providing valuable information on the suitability for location for the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). The combined use of geo-resistivity, geological and hydrogeological investigations were carried out for the study. Ten Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) of the Schlumberger array was used to investigate the properties of the subsurface lithologies to determine their properties especially, clay, for siting a landfill. Clay, an attenuating material, is significant for siting a landfill facility because it tends to isolate potentially toxic wastes from the environment by slowing down the movement of leachates into groundwater and the environmental. Quantitative interpretation of data of the VES survey using the IPI2win computer software revealed the presence of four to five geologic layers comprising of sandy top soil (247 – 1964Ωm), silty sand (98 – 3488Ωm), clayey-shally/sand (68 – 3922Ωm), saturated clayey sand (31 – 3226Ωm) and loose sand (478Ωm). Clay was found to be abundant in the area and found at depths ranging from 30m to infinity. Geologically, structures like lineaments abound and were analysed; they show a dominant trend in the NW – SE direction from the Rosette Diagram. Lineaments are useful for studies because they are possible conduits where decomposed wastes in liquid form, such as leachates, get transported to pollute groundwater. Hydrogeological studies surveyed Static Water Levels (SWL) measurement from 51 hand dug wells in the study area. The SWL ranges between 5.8m and 37.1m. The data from the SWL was used to construct the absolute water level map in a 3D form to show the flow direction of the groundwater. The study revealed the presence of impermeable clays at VES 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10. This is significant for selection for landfill due to its pollution-prevention properties of groundwater pollution. The investigations carried out in this study show that Shabu, a town located about 8km from Lafia, is likely suitable for siting a landfill facility; because of the abundance of clay at a shallow depth of 30m and with limited preponderance of lineaments.

Published in	International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijrse.20200904.11
Page(s)	73-84
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Clay, Landfill, Leachates, Lineaments, Municipal Solid Waste, Resistivities, Vertical Electrical Sounding, Shabu

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Namo Micah Musa

Department of Geology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Mallo Stephen

Department of Mining Engineering, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Wazoh Hannatu

Department of Geology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Ikeadighi Jane

Department of Geology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Elaigwu Samuel

Department of Geology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Lucas Dan

Department of Geology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

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AU  - Namo Micah Musa
AU  - Mallo Stephen
AU  - Wazoh Hannatu
AU  - Ikeadighi Jane
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AB  - Waste management has taken the front purview in recent years due to the evident and attendant effects of indiscriminate disposal of wastes to the environment. This led to the preliminary investigations for the proposed siting of a landfill facility in Lafia and environs of Nasarawa State in Central Nigeria, with the aim of providing valuable information on the suitability for location for the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). The combined use of geo-resistivity, geological and hydrogeological investigations were carried out for the study. Ten Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) of the Schlumberger array was used to investigate the properties of the subsurface lithologies to determine their properties especially, clay, for siting a landfill. Clay, an attenuating material, is significant for siting a landfill facility because it tends to isolate potentially toxic wastes from the environment by slowing down the movement of leachates into groundwater and the environmental. Quantitative interpretation of data of the VES survey using the IPI2win computer software revealed the presence of four to five geologic layers comprising of sandy top soil (247 – 1964Ωm), silty sand (98 – 3488Ωm), clayey-shally/sand (68 – 3922Ωm), saturated clayey sand (31 – 3226Ωm) and loose sand (478Ωm). Clay was found to be abundant in the area and found at depths ranging from 30m to infinity. Geologically, structures like lineaments abound and were analysed; they show a dominant trend in the NW – SE direction from the Rosette Diagram. Lineaments are useful for studies because they are possible conduits where decomposed wastes in liquid form, such as leachates, get transported to pollute groundwater. Hydrogeological studies surveyed Static Water Levels (SWL) measurement from 51 hand dug wells in the study area. The SWL ranges between 5.8m and 37.1m. The data from the SWL was used to construct the absolute water level map in a 3D form to show the flow direction of the groundwater. The study revealed the presence of impermeable clays at VES 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10. This is significant for selection for landfill due to its pollution-prevention properties of groundwater pollution. The investigations carried out in this study show that Shabu, a town located about 8km from Lafia, is likely suitable for siting a landfill facility; because of the abundance of clay at a shallow depth of 30m and with limited preponderance of lineaments.
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