Characterization of Water Quality on University Campus
Doris Fovwe Ogeleka *
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria.
Mildred Chukwuedum Emegha
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Introduction: Safe drinking water is vital to all human and living organisms.
Aim and Study Location: This study appraised untreated water within the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) campus with a view to ascertaining their potability.
Methodology: The samples were analyzed using the America Public Health Association (APHA), standard protocol
Results: The pH indicated that the water were acidic with pH values from 3.50 ± 0.04 to 5.73 ± 0.08. Total iron exceeded the stipulated WHO limit of 0.3 mg/L in some of the locations with concentration varying from 0.232 ± 0.01 to 0.963 ± 0.04. The heavy metal load was relatively low and within regulatory limits.
Conclusion: The study concluded that water should not be consumed without treatment due to the non-conforming parameters. In addition, waters with a non-conformance contributed by feacal coliform (E coli) or any other microbial entities should be avoided since serious health water-related diseases (cholera, typhoid, dysentery and diarrheal) may set if consumed.
Keywords: Contamination, health implications, safe water, water consumptio