“…These findings agree with [5,7,8,19], which stated that the industrial areas' streams were more polluted than those in the business areas and resulted from untreated waste that pollutes the water sources. It also aligns with studies by [13,20,21] that the streams and rivers were polluted due to anthropogenic activities. Therefore, the analysis affirms that the Kedong stream is highly polluted, and the level of pollution has a negative effect on the water's physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of the water quality.…”