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Comparative Analysis Of Pipeborne Water And Other Sources Of Water
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The increase in drinking water from different sources
especially in Enugu state has made necessary to investigate the
microbial content of water. Water is a potential carried of pathogenic
organisms that can endage human life. Most of drinking water sources are
often contaminated with different pollutants like faces, animal and
plant wastes, making such water unfit for drinking if not treated. The
pollution of water with pathogenic organisms and other pollutants can
only be detected by carrying out microbiological assessment of such
water. Most human disease such as typhoid paratyphoid cholera,
arnboebiasis, Trichinosis, gastroenteritis, sanonall shigellosis,
diphtheria, giadia, dracunculus etc are know to be water borne disease.
Ewington et al (1971).
Water born disease are those disease which
have water as their vehicle of transmission these disease are capable of
destroying a whole community if not checked. Therefore, the quickest
ways to prevent out break of these disease and to determine the
portability of such water sources is to determine the microbial load or
content if the microbial content is nor within acceptable limit, such
water sources should be condemned immediately. Fair et al (1970)
AIMS OBJECTIVE
I. To find out if well, stream, Tap water coutain pathogens.
II. To help the public to know the danger of drinking these water without adequate treatment.
III. To compare the microbial load of the water source and advice on safer source of water .
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
These source of water are contaminated through one way or the other
(i)
The short falls in the distribution of treated pipe borne water leads
people to resort to alternative source of water which may be unfit for
human consumption
(ii) Tap water can be polluted through leakage’s/ improper plumbing.
(iii) Well water is contaminated as a result of running off into it, especially shallow well.
(iv) Streams can be contaminated through waste from industries, leaves, dust, and rain run often.
HYPOTHESIS
1. HO- pathogenic bacteria are present in water
2. H1- pathogenic bacteria are not present in water
3. Hiii- The level of pathogenic organism in water can cause water borne infection
4. Hilo The level of pathogenic organism in water can not cause watt born infection.
SIGNIFICANTS OF STUDY
1) The study will advice on water meet the standard quality required for any particular purpose
2) Also advice the eswc on quality of their product. For future nature modification of treatment methods
LIMITATION
Fever
sample were worked on because of lack of fund, the survey is however
limited to the bacteria flora of waters, and not all n organisms even on
bacterial flora specification the number of sample culture were limited
by lack of funds and culture media is expensive.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Comparative analysis of water was carried out on well water, stream
and pipe born water obviated within Emene locality of Enugu state the
sample were subjected to some analytical tests final like presumptive
tests, comfirmative test final like presumptive tests, comfirmative
test, completed test, indole test and plate count for the organism that
develop on the culture, the result show that well water and stream were
found to contain pathogenic organism like salmonella, Shigella ... Continue reading---
