Assessment of Water Quality from Hand Dug Wells in Kurmin Siddi, Kaduna State

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Portable water assessment, hand-dug well, physicochemical and bacteriological assessment

Abstract

After considering the necessity for portable water and hand dug wells as the common source of water, physicochemical and biological analysis was carried out on water samples collected from four hand-dug wells located within Kurmin Siddi settlement in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Mean values of the measured parameters were Turbidity (2.50±0.01  to  4.90±0.20  NTU) Hardness(61.99±0.02  to 83.70±0.01     mg/L), conductivity    (0.06±0.83  to 1.66±0.32µS/cm6),   pH(6.30±2.27   to  8.21±0.24)and total coliform count (9 to 26). The analysed parameters were compared with WHO (2002) requirements for drinking/portable water. Although all the measured parameters were within WHO standards, the total coliforms count is above the standard which indicate that the water is not suitable for drinking except it is treated.

Author Biographies

  • Ibrahim Usman, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry

  • Williams Nashuka Kaigama, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry,

    Faculty of Physical Sciences

  • Thankgod Daniel, Kaduna State University, Kaduna

    Faculty of Sciences

  • Abu Emmanuel Benjamin, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

    Department of Chemistry

    Faculty of Natural Sciences

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2020-05-20

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