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• TITLE: Study of the Akouedo Landfill (Abidjan) Using the Electrical Resistivity Method: Implications for the Risk of Contamination of the Continental Terminal Water Table

  AUTHORS: Ehui Beh Jean Constantin Aka, Loukou Nicolas Kouame, Kouassi Eric Germain Kouakou

  KEYWORDS: Landfill, Continental Terminal Aquifer, Electrical Sounding, Akouédo, Abidjan

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.11 No.11, November 27, 2023

  ABSTRACT: An electrical resistivity survey was carried out on the household and industrial waste disposal site (landfill) of Akouédo (Central Abidjan) with a view to searching for a possible layer of clay in the stratification which could constitute a protective screen of the aquifer of the Continental Terminal of Abidjan against the migration of leachate. Electrical surveys (SE) carried out according to the Schlumberger configuration showed that the stratigraphy of the area is composed of three to four geoelectric layers depending on the SE positions. The correlation with the lithology of two piezometric boreholes carried out indicates that the lithology of the study area is dominated by clayey sand, sand, sandy clay and clay. The average thickness of accumulated waste varies between 30 and 40 m. The virtual absence of a continuous layer of clay under the waste exposes the Continental Terminal aquifer to contamination by leachate from waste accumulated over several decades in the Akouedo area.