Authors : Richard Mensah, Richard Brakoh Andoh, Kenneth Enimil Conduah, Rutherford Kofi Brandful
Volume/Issue : Volume 4 - 2019, Issue 4 - April
Google Scholar : https://goo.gl/DF9R4u
The study was to interpret the groundwater
quality for drinking purpose in Nsuta Anomakokrom,
Western Ghana. Water samples from 10 hand dug wells
were collected and analyzed using factor analysis,
cluster analysis and regression. Results obtained from
factor analysis revealed that groundwater in the study
area was controlled by carbonate mineral dissociation
and silicate mineral weathering. Two clusters were
developed, cluster (A) have higher electrical
conductivity, total hardness, slightly acidic and
appreciable amount of nitrate. The nitrate
concentrations could be attributed to leachate from
fertilizer application by farming activities within the
study area. Cluster (B) have electrical conductivity
(EC), total hardness (TH) within the permissible limit of
the World Health Organization guideline for drinking
water. The R2
value of 0.7992 obtained for HCO3
against Ca+2 suggest a strong relationship between
bicarbonate and calcium. This could be explained that
as the carbonate minerals undergoes a dissociation,
much calcium ions are released into the groundwater.
Keywords : Groundwater, Quality, Nsuta Anomakokrom, Multivariate Statistical Technique.