Assessment of Coliform Bacteria as Indicator of Water Quality in Jigawa State Nigeria

Lawan, Naima Suleiman; Yakubu, Abdulhadi; Abdulsalam, Z.; Zandam, Nuhu Danladi

doi:10.54987/jobimb.v8i2.542

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“…The final counts were reported as colony-forming units per liter (CFU/ml). The blue colonies were subcultured on MacConkey plate and biochemical tests (Triple sugar iron agar, SIM, methyl red and Voges Proskaeur) were performed to identify Enteropathogens [ 20 ].…”

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Assessing the quality of drinking water from selected water sources in Mbarara city, South-western Uganda

Abaasa,

Ayesiga,

Lejju

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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This study assessed the physical, chemical, and microbiological quality with emphasis on risk score, source apportionment, geochemistry, feacal coliforms and water quality index of drinking water from selected water sources. A cross-sectional study was conducted in six villages in Mbarara city, south-western Uganda. Each selected source was inspected using a WHO-adopted sanitary inspection questionnaire. Each source’s risk score was calculated. Thirty-seven samples were taken from one borehole, nine open dug wells, four rain harvest tanks, and twenty-three taps. The values for apparent color and phosphate were higher than the permissible level as set by the World Health Organization and Ugandan standards (US EAS 12). The isolated organisms were Klebsiella spp. (8.11%), Citrobacter divergens (62.16%), Citrobacter fluendii (2.7%), E. coli (35.14%), Enterobacter aerogenes (8.11%), Enterobacter agglomerus (5.4%), Proteus spp. (2.7%), Enterobacter cloacae (13.5%), and Proteus mirabilis (2.7%). Twelve water sources (32.4%) had water that was unfit for human consumption that was unfit for human consumption (Grade E), Five sources (13.5%) had water that had a very poor index (Grade D), nine (24.3%) had water of poor index (Grade C), eight (21.6%) had water of good water index (Grade B), and only three (8.1%) had water of excellent water quality index (Grade A). The piper trilinear revealed that the dominant water type of the area were Mgso4 and Caso4 type. Gibbs plot represents precipitation dominance. PCA for source apportionment showed that well, tap and borehole water account for the highest variations in the quality of drinking water. These results suggest that drinking water from sources in Mbarara city is not suitable for direct human consumption without treatment. We recommend necessary improvements in water treatment, distribution, and maintenance of all the available water sources in Mbarara City, South Western Uganda.

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confidence: 99%