Ibrahim Habib Adamu, Abdulkarim Mubarak, Grema Haruna Muhammed, Abdullahi Ibrahim Mohammed and Hamidu Hassan. Physico-Chemical Assessment of Water Quality in the Gidan Gulbi Shallow Floodplain Aquifer, Northwestern Nigeria.
. 2020; 8(4):155-163. doi: 10.12691/AJWR-8-4-1
water quality, shallow floodplain aquifers, pollution indices, heavy metals, irrigation, drinking water
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