Open AccessPhysico-Chemical and Microbiological Analysis of Borehole Water Sources in E-One Estate Lemna, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of emerging trends in engineering research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2347-3983
DOI - 10.30534/ijeter/2022/101022022
Subject(s) - biochemical oxygen demand , turbidity , chemical oxygen demand , water quality , environmental science , borehole , total dissolved solids , environmental engineering , environmental chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , wastewater , chemistry , ecology , geology , biology , geotechnical engineering
The study examined the physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of boreholes water sources in Eone estate in Lemna, Calabar municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. Fifteen (15) boreholes were identified and geo-referenced with the help of a global positioning system (GPS). Data were further processed in ArcGIS by overlaying the location on the study area map. Water samples were collected and analyzed for water quality parameters such as dissolved oxygen (DO), potential of hydrogen (PH), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solid (TDS), chlorite, electrical conductivity, fecal coliform, sulphate, nitrate, turbidity, manganese, color and potassium according to [10], and the data form the analysis were analyzed using t-test to determine the significance t-test difference as compared with world health organization (WHO) and the results shows that, BOD (4.741<P:000), Chlorine (87.046< P:000), TDS (2100.679<P:1000), test (24.173<P:000), Sulphate (59.091<P:000), and Turbidity (481.216<P:000). Based on this finding, it is recommended that government should provide pipe born water in the estate, which is always treated and is fit for human consumption, and also the inhabitant should treat their boreholes before it is used for domestic purposes.