PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL AS INFLUENCED BY MUNICIPAL DUMPSITES AT IKWUANO, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL AS INFLUENCED BY MUNICIPAL DUMPSITES AT IKWUANO, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

Waste dumping has increasingly become an agricultural add aesthetic problem to rural communities. In Abia state, most of these dumpsites are rarely evacuated as these dumpsites are abandoned for new ones when filled and the soils treated as unfarmable . The wastes decompose and alter the physiochemi...

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Published in:Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 159 - 164
Main Authors: Ikechukwu-Edeh, C E, Ehimogue, P, Okosa, I, Ezejio, N R, Onweh, C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hunedoara Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara 01-11-2021
Subjects:
Agricultural wastes
Bulk density
Carbon
Carbon content
Dumping
Investigations
Local government
Metals
Moisture content
Organic carbon
Organic matter
Physiochemistry
Porosity
Rural communities
Seasons
Soil fertility
Soil investigations
Soil moisture
Soil porosity
Soil properties
Soil stability
Soils
Nigeria
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Summary:Waste dumping has increasingly become an agricultural add aesthetic problem to rural communities. In Abia state, most of these dumpsites are rarely evacuated as these dumpsites are abandoned for new ones when filled and the soils treated as unfarmable . The wastes decompose and alter the physiochemical stability of the soils. This study investigated the effects of wastes on the physiochemical properties of soils in some dumpsites in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State (Amawom, Umuokwo and Umugbalu) and their results compared with that of the soils from control sites located 100m away from the dumpsites. The results showed increase in organic carbon content of the soils in the dumpsites recorded at 2.6% - 2.7% against 0.77% - 1.25% in the control sites , increased organic matter content of more than 300% and increased moisture content of 24.33% - 37.7% against 10.73% - 11.13% from the control sites. There was a decrease in porosity and bulk densities.
ISSN:1584-2665
2601-2332