Modelling Groundwater Quality of Aba in Abia State Using Principal Component Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression
Ogbonnaya Paul Kanu *
Centre for Occupational Health, Safety and Environment, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Ejikeme Ugwoha
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Ngozi U. Udeh
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Victor Amah
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to model the groundwater quality of Aba in Abia state. To achieve the aim, thirty-two water samples were taken from sixteen boreholes during the rainy and dry seasons and analysed in the laboratory for pH, Electrical Conductivity, Total Hardness, BOD5, COD, Pb, Cd, Cr, NH3, TDS, SO4, NO3 and PO4. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) were employed to extract the principal factors and develop a model for predicting water quality index for Aba, Abia State. In the dry season, water quality index could be estimated using the Water Quality Index (WQI) model with pH, PO4, COD, SO4 and Pb with Adjusted R2 = 0.999999999938 and standard error of 0.043868872. Meanwhile, in the rainy season, WQI could be estimated using the WQI model with Turbidity, PO4, NO3, COD, SO4 and Pb with Adjusted R2 = 0.999999997469 and standard error of 0.066697494. The one-way ANOVA for the parameters in the dry season with p = 0.000 < 0.05 indicated that leachate had a large effect on groundwater quality. During the rainy season, one-way ANOVA result with p = 0.000 < 0.05 asserted that leachate had a large effect on groundwater quality.
Keywords: Water quality index, Aba, groundwater quality, principal component analysis, multiple linear regression
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