ABSTRACT THE STUDY WAS DONE IN KUMBA THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF THE MEME DIVISION FOUND BETWEEN LATITUDE

4,6439 (438'38.004"N) AND LONGITUDE 9,4386 (926'18.996"E). THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY IS THE GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF KUMBA AND ITS ENVIRONS. THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED MAINLY ON THE GEOLOGY OF KUMBA, THE HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF THE WATER BODIES THERE AND THE THE PROPERTIES OF THE WELLS. THE STUDY ALSO INCLUDED THE COLLECTION OF SAMPLES FROM THE WELLS AND THE STREAMS AND LAKES. ROCK AS WELL AS SOIL SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. THE GPS WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE POSITIONS OF THE STUDY POINTS. THE WELLS WERE STUDIED USING THE PLUMB TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WELLS. OTHER PROPERTIES OF THE WATER IN THE WELLS WERE MEASURED SUCH AS THE TEMPERATURE WITH THE THERMOMETER, THE PH WITH THE PH METER, AND THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY WITH THE EC METER. WE NOTICED THAT THE WELLS ON THE HIGH AREAS WERE DUG TO BE VERY DEEP THIS WAS DUE TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE WATER TABLE WHILE THE WELLS DUG IN THE REGIONS WITH INCLINED RELIEF WERE DEEP AT THE TOP AND MORE SHALLOW AT THE BOTTOM. THE OTHER WELLS WERE AVERAGELY SHALLOW. FROM THE MEASUREMENT WITH THE INSTRUMENT THE VALUES OBTAINED PROVED THAT THE WATER IN KUMBA HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 27C SO THE WATER HAD A NORMAL TEMERATURE WHICH WAS FIT FOR CONSUMPTION. THE EC VALUES MEASURED WAS MAINLY OF O.1 SO THE AMOUNT OF DISSOLVED SOLUTES IN THE WATER WAS JUST ENOUGH??????? THE PH OF THE WATER VARIED BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENT. IN SOME AREAS THE WATER HAD A NEUTRAL PH BUT IN OTHER AREAS SUCH AS IN AREAS CLOSE TO TOILETS THE WATER HAD A MORE ACIDIC OR IN OTHER AREAS A MORE BASIC PH.

IN CONCLUSION THE WELLS IN THE RREGION WERE MAINLY OF AVERAGE DEPTH SO THE WATER TABLE IN THE AREA IS MILDLY DEEP. THE WATER ON THE OTHER HAND AFTER THOROUGH ANALY ON A WHOLE SCALE, IS NOT SAFE FOR DRINKING UNLESS IF TREATED. BUT IT IS FIT FOR OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS OTHER DOMESTIC PURPOSES( DRYCLEANING, WASHING, FARMING ETC). THE WHOLE OF KUMBA IS FOUND ON THE DOUALA BASIN EXCEPT THE AREA ABOVE THE SCARP IN THE TOWN GREEN ZONE. THE SOIL OF KUMBA IS MAINLY OF LATERITIC CONTENT SO MAILY REDDISH IN COLOUR.