Assessment of the Quality of Water From Boreholes and Hand-Dug Wells of Peri-Urban Towns in Southern Nigeria.

This study assessed the quality of borehole and hand-dug wells water from three peri-urban towns in southern, Nigeria. Seventeen borehole and hand-dug well water samples were examined for physicochemical and bacteriological properties using standard analytical procedures. The results were compared with WHO permissible standards for drinking water. The results showed that physicochemical properties such as pH, turbidity, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solid, chloride, sulphate were within the accepted maximum allowable limits of WHO for drinking water whereas the bacteriological property such as total coliform was above the WHO accepted maximum allowable limits of WHO for drinking water. The high coliform count indicated faecal pollution and its usage domestically could be endangering to human health.