WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF STORED GROUND WATER UTILIZED BY RESIDENT UNDEGRADUATES IN A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE

Odigie, O.O and Olisaka, Frances N. and OBAYAGBONA, O.N WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF STORED GROUND WATER UTILIZED BY RESIDENT UNDEGRADUATES IN A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. BIU Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6 (1). pp. 102-110. ISSN 2563-6424

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Abstract

The bacteriological and physicochemical quality of stored ground water supplied to four (4) female hostels at the main campus of a private university located at the outskirts of Benin City was evaluated. Routine methods which include pour plate, multiple tube dilution, spread plate and usage of relevant calibrated meters such as pH meter and total dissolved solid (TDS) meter were utilized. The mean heterotrophic bacterial counts ranged from 0.4 ×102 cfu to 3.6 ×102 cfu and the observed differences in the mean bacterial and fungal counts obtained from the water samples was significant (P<0.05). Nil total coliform counts were recorded for all the analyzed water samples. Three bacterial isolates; Bacillus megaterium strain YKEI, Bacillus sp., strain DDWA and Comamonas testosteroni strain T-XQC were identified. All the isolated strains of the identified bacterial cultures were resistant to augmentin, ceftazidime, cefuroxime, cloxacillin and ceftriaxone. The mean pH and turbidity values of the water samples ranged from 5.3 ±0.07 to 5.6±0.1 and 0.7 NTU ±0.06 to 0.8 NTU ± 0.06 respectively. The isolation of multi antibiotic resistant bacterial strains invariably qualified the ground water as being unfit for direct human consumption.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited:	27 May 2025 10:52
Last Modified:	27 May 2025 10:53
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4653

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