Preliminary Investigations On The Physio-Chemical And Microbiological Analysis Of Water From Streams Used For Drinking In Owo Local Government Area Of Ondo State.

Abstract

Physical, chemical and microbiological analyses were used to determine the wholesomeness status of seven stream waters used for drinking in Owo. The study revealed that the water were wholesome from chemical analysis point of view while three out of the streams met the WHO recommendation for taste, odour, appearance turbidity and total dissolved solids. Microbiological analysis showed that all the samples had viable count of bacteria above 100cfu/ml, all positive for coliform, E. coli and bacterial strains such as Pseudomonas aureginosa, Proteus vulgaris,Salmonella ssp,Shigella ssp Streptococeus faecalis, klebsiella pneumonia were isolated in the water samples.