Umudike Journal of Engineering and Technology

This study characterized aquifer and assessed dump sites in Ikot Ekpene, South East Nigeria, located between latitudes 5⁰10’N and 5⁰14’N and longitudes 7⁰40’E and 7⁰45’E. The study delineated the groundwater potential of the study area using geophysical techniques. The survey procedure adopted for field data acquisition is the Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) and the Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) imaging with the aid of a signal stacking resistivity meter (SSR-MP-ATS). The Schlumberger configuration was used to acquire VES data at nine (9) points and 3 sets of ERT images were obtained using Wenner configuration. The  VES results show that the topsoil  had resistivity  values  ranging  from  22.5  to  51.3Ωm  and  layer  thickness  that also range from  0.6  to  1.3m.  The range of the resistivity of the second and third layer is 11.3 to 1001.8Ωm with a thickness of 0.6 to 8.2m. The third to fifth geoelectric layers were delineated. The last layer in the VES indicates sand of resistivity between 725.6 - 2408.7Ωm. It was concluded that an elongated leachate contaminant from the dump sites may constitute future environmental threats.