Authors : Taofik Olubunmi Ewumi; Taofik Titus Ogunseye; Adekunle Kazeem Bello; Godwin Babatunde Egbeyale; Kehinde Hussein Adeleke

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25may1830

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Abstract : Electrical resistivity surveying using Wenner and Schlumberger electrode array was carried out for the assessment of groundwater potential at the Central Mosque, University of Ibadan. Nigeria. Three Constant Spacing Traverses (CST) and ten Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) stations were conducted at the study area. The geoelectrical imaging from this study revealed that the lithologies consist of lateritic topsoil, sandy clay/clayey sand/clay/weathered rock and the bedrock (fractured and fresh). The fractured and weathered basement with relatively lower resistivity is inferred to be the aquiferous zone and could bear productive water for groundwater supply. The results revealed the study area to be a region of relatively high groundwater potential. It was inferred that VES 1, 2, and 8 are regions associated with high groundwater yield.

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