Water quality hazard assessment for hand dug wells in Rafin Zurfi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Jagaba, A.H., Kutty, S.R.M., Hayder, G., Baloo, L., Abubakar, S., Ghaleb, A.A.S., Lawal, I.M., Noor, A., Umaru, I., Almahbashi, N.M.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Ain Shams University 2020
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082815016&doi=10.1016%2fj.asej.2020.02.004&partnerID=40&md5=8b16c1a2321aa06ad4f79bb347debf3e; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/23346/

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recently reported an outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi state. To strategize mitigation measures, an investigation into water sources became necessary. This study adopted Water Quality Index (WQI), Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) and Hazard Index (HI) approaches t...