Physico-chemical and Microbiological Evidence of Drinking Water Quality in Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria

Ezenweani Raymond Sunday; Ezenweani Emmanuel Chidi

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Physico-chemical and Microbiological Evidence of Drinking Water Quality in Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria

Ezenweani Raymond Sunday, Ezenweani Emmanuel Chidi

Published in International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 14 December 2018 Accepted: 10 April 2019 Published: 10 May 2019

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Abstract

Potable water is unarguably indispensable in the existence of Man. Adequate supply of safe drinking water is imperative as many dangerous diseases can be associated with unclean water used for consumption purposes. This study investigated the physico-chemical and microbiological qualities of portable water in Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria. A total of five different potable water sources were investigated and were selected randomly in the study place. The result showed that four of the potable water sources which include; Sources A (SA), Sources B (SB), Sources C (SC), Sources D (SD), were fit for drinking after comparing them with the WHO’s, EU’s, SON’s standards of drinking water quality, while sample E was not found to be fit for drinking as a result of its high microbiological load after comparison with above standards. Communities should be educated and enlightened on the ill effects of consuming unclean water as vast range of water borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid can emanate from such consumption. Various NGOs and governmental agencies must deem it fit to continually investigate portable water qualities to enable urgent response when necessary.

Published in	International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmb.20190401.13
Page(s)	12-18
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Portable Water, Quality, Health, Diseases, Standards

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Ezenweani Raymond Sunday; Ezenweani Emmanuel Chidi. Physico-chemical and Microbiological Evidence of Drinking Water Quality in Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria. Int. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2019, 4(1), 12-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmb.20190401.13

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Ezenweani Raymond Sunday, Ezenweani Emmanuel Chidi. Physico-chemical and Microbiological Evidence of Drinking Water Quality in Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria. Int J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019;4(1):12-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmb.20190401.13

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Ezenweani Raymond Sunday

Department of Marine Environment and Pollution Control, Faculty of Marine Environmental Management, Nigeria Maritime University, Warri, Nigeria
Ezenweani Emmanuel Chidi

Department of Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria

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