Groundwater exploration is gaining more and more importance in Nigeria owing to the ever-increasing demand for water supplies, especially in areas with inadequate surface water supplies. The study probes the groundwater potentials of Abagana and its environs using the results obtained from the geophysical investigation study of the area. Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) was employed using the Schlumberger array, and a total of ten Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) was carried out. Results revealed that there are four to seven geoelectric layers, the average depth to the water table in the Northern part is about 46m while in the southern part is 75m. Hence, the depth to the water table in the study area is fairly constant within the same lithologic unit but varies only with differences in elevation. Also, the groundwater flow is a reflection of topography. The VES results revealed that the area is capable of yielding optimum groundwater that will serve both domestic and municipal purposes.
Nwokeabia et al. (Sun,) studied this question.