Detailed Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Reassessment of Coastal Basins of Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract

Water is an indispensable prerequisite of life deemed an economic resource rather than a social good [1-4]. Even though freshwater storage in the ecosystem remains steady, freshwater pressure such as subsurface water has experience expansion due to population increase, development, dry season farming, and household activities [1,5]. Though, the quality and quantity of this economic resource are likewise critical factors in the perspective of modern water quality management, especially in coastal areas [1,6,7]. Factors such as quality of recharge, rock weathering and mineralogical composition of the underlying rock types, land use, and climate change usually play a vital role in groundwater chemistry, affecting groundwater quality [1,8].Understanding groundwater evolution involves the hydrochemical analyses of major dissolved ions of groundwater, discovering the principal geochemical processes, and evaluating the impacts of land-use types on groundwater quality in various regions of the world [1,9,10]. Many factors such as rock-water interactions, climate changes, precipitation or dissolution of mineral species, the intensity of chemical weathering of the different rock types, groundwater resources, exchange reactions, and human activities, Research Article