**Author details**

Maxwell Anim-Gyampo1 , Belinda Seyram Berdie2 , Enoch Bessah3 and Sampson Kwaku Agodzo3 \*

1 Department of Geological Engineering, School of Engineering, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala Campus, Tamale, Ghana

2 Earth Science Department, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences (FEES), C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana

3 Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

\*Address all correspondence to: skagodzo7@usa.net

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*Effects of Illegal Artisanal Gold Mining Operations on Groundwater Quality in Ghana… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100242*
