EVALUATION OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES ON THE HEALTH SAFETY OF PEOPLE OF ILORIN, KWARA STATE
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2017-03
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Nigerian Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Abstract
Quality status of drinking water sources from some selected points in Kwara State was analysed. Some physical and chemical
parameters such as pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen; electrical conductivity, suspended solids, nitrogen, nitrate, nitrite,
phosphate, chloride, sulphate, potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium were evaluated using standard
methods.Laboratory analyses of the water samples conducted revealed variation in their physical and chemical parameters for
both the western and eastern parts of the river basin dam within Ilorin metropolis. The following amongst others were
observed; pH ranging from (5.82+ 0.29– 7.13+0.36); Suspended solids (0.11+0.01 –0.26+0.03%); Dissolved oxygen
(0.01+0.00–0.48+0.05ml /O2/L); Chloride (0.43+0.04–3.12+0.22mg/L); Sulphate (2.38+0.17–4.40+0.22ppm) and Phosphate
(5.65+0.28 – 9.09+0.45ppm) etc. The results obtained showed some variations in quality of water samples from both the west
and eastern part of Ilorin when compared with the World Health Organization’s standard for drinking water. However, the
physicochemical indicators as well as Cations analysed show that the water sourced from these areas may not really pose risk
to human health, since they could be supplemented for in human diets or the values had not gone beyond specifications
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Water assessment
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Water, Physico-chemical properties, World Health Standard, Safety, Human Health