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Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2012, 4, 285-293 /10.4236/jwarp.2012.45031 Published Online May 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jwarp) Evaluation of Groundwater Suitability for Domestic and Irrigational Purposes: A Case Study from Mingoa River Basin, Yaounde, Cameroon 1 1 2 Tabue Youmbi Jean Ghislain , Feumba Roger , Wethe Joseph , Ekodeck Georges Emmanuel1, De Marsily Ghislain3 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon 2Centre Régional pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement à Moindre coût, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3Université Pierre Marie Curie de Paris 6 et Ecole des Mines de Paris, Paris, France Email: tabueley@yahoo.fr Received February 23, 2012; revised March 21, 2012; accepted April 22, 2012 ABSTRACT A baseline study involving analyses of subsurface water samples from the Mingoa river basin (longitude: 11˚30′E; lati- tude: 3˚52′N) in migmatitic complex in Yaounde Cameroon (central Africa) was carried out to assess their suitability for drinking, domestic and agricultural purposes. Study results show that pH is ranged between 5.1≤ pH ≤ 5.8 and then, induces acidic waters. Groundwater samples are generally characterized by low conductivity values, of which 100% are 2+ 2+ + + within the range (55 ≤ EC ≤ 1500 µS/cm). The mean values of the major cations (Ca , Mg , Na , K ) and anions ( SO2 , Cl– , HCO ) are all within the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Two of the spring