Impact of Waste on Quality of Ground Water Around SomeIndustrial Locations in JOS, Plateau State

This research was aimed at determining the quality of groundwater by analyzing the physico-chemical parameters ‎and heavy metal content of samples from selected industrial areas (soap, food, vegetable oil and foam ‎manufacturing industries) in Jos metropolis in comparison to the contaminants in the industrial effluents. ‎Groundwater samples as well as waste-water effluents were collected from within Jos North and Jos south Local ‎Government Areas of Plateau State and analyzed using standard laboratory methods. Higher levels of ‎contamination were present in samples collected from the waste-water effluents. The pH of samples C (location) ‎and its corresponding groundwater (WC) were found to be 4.98 ± 0.04 and 5.93 ± 0.01 respectively. Concentrations ‎of anions in the various Sample, it was found that Sample B (location) and its corresponding Ground water sample ‎GB showed Nitrate ions concentration of 72mg/L and 6.5m/L respectively whereas ground water in some other ‎areas sampled were as low as 1.4mg/L. For the heavy metal concentrations, it was found that for all the samples ‎that showed the contamination of cadmium and nickel, their corresponding groundwater also showed even higher ‎levels of the heavy metal concentration. The cadmium concentrations of A and GA which are 0.003mg/kg and ‎‎0.005mg/kg respectively. The project concludes that urgent action is necessary to address this issue, including ‎establishment and enforcement of stringent regulations, advanced treatment technologies, and regular monitoring ‎of industrial effluent discharge to protect groundwater‎.