_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: alaojosephomeiza@gmail.com; Physical Science International Journal 26(1): 43-51, 2022; Article no.PSIJ.85191 ISSN: 2348-0130 Assessment of Aquifer Protective Capacity, Against the Surface Contamination. A Case Study of Kaduna Industrial Village, Nigeria J. O. Alao a* , M. S. Ahmad b , T. T. Danjumo c , A. Ango d and Emmanuel Jaiyeoba c a Department of Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, Nigeria. b Department of Physics, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria. c Department of Physics, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. d Department of Physics with Electronics, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/PSIJ/2022/v26i130306 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/85191 Received 20 January 2022 Accepted 28 March 2022 Published 02 April 2022 ABSTRACT Geo-electric soundings was carried out in 22 different locations at Kaduna Refinery Petrochemical Corporation (KRPC) and White Oil and Gas Layout, Mahuta, Kaduna. The aquifer protective capacity and Hydraulic characteristics of the study area was computed from the Geoelectric parameters using Dar-Zarrouk and hydrological parameters. The interpreted data were presented in tabular form, Geoelectric/geology soil profiles and contoured maps. The results show that the study area aquifer is relatively protected with an average value of 0.5 mhos with an indication of infiltration of contaminant in some location. The hydraulic parameter values also show that the study area aquifer has the capacity to produce water non-stopping if the wells are sited based the geophysical investigation. The computed hydraulic characteristics and transmissivity of the area has an average value of 5.5 m/day and 6.1   /hour, which implies that, the study area has the capacity to transmit groundwater through a distance of 5.5 m in 24-hour and can covers 6.1   in one hour. Keywords: Protective capacity; hydraulic characteristics; transmissivity; Dar-Zarrouk parameters. Original Research Article