Abstract
Background : Water is an essential requirement for the survival of living organisms especially human but is also important in the transmission chain of many human diseases since certain pathogens which are capable of causing life-threatening disease survive in water. Aim : This study was carried out to determine the relative bacteriological quality of borehole and well water supplies within Bosso town. Method : Twenty (20) water samples comprising of 10 each of borehole and well samples were aseptically collected from Bosso Town and analyzed using membrane filtration technique. Result : The results obtained showed that most (60.0%) of the water samples from the boreholes sources except the samples from Rafin-Yashi, Maikunkele, F.U.T Minna, Tudun Fulani, contained coliform counts below 10cfu/100ml while the majority (90.0%) of the well water sampled had coliform counts above 10cfu/100ml. The organisms isolated included species of Escherichia, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Shigella, Clostridium, Bacillus, Yersinia, Serratia e.t.c. E.coli had the highest frequency of occurrence (25%) followed in descending order by Staphylococcus aureus (8.3%), Salmonella spp (8.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (8.3%), Bacillus subtilis (8.3%), Clostridium spp (6.7%), Streptococcus feacalis (6.7%), Shigella spp (6.7%), Streptococcus pyogenes (5%), Klebsiella spp (5%), Proteus vulgaris (5%), Yersinia spp (3.3%) and Serratia spp (3.3%). Conclusion : This study reveals that well water and borehole water samples were contaminated with greater contamination observed with well water. This highlights the need for a continuous assessment of the quality of public water supply and intervention measures to prevent outbreak of water-borne diseases.
Highlights
Water, as a medium that sustains life is essential to all living organisms
The results shown in table 1 revealed that the public water sources within the study area were contaminated
This result agrees with the earlier findings[7] in Adamawa state of Nigeria who reported that borehole water compared to well water is relatively safer because borehole coliform counts usually falls within the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended standard
Summary
As a medium that sustains life is essential to all living organisms. Water is an essential requirement for the survival of living organisms especially human but is important in the transmission chain of many human diseases since certain pathogens which are capable of causing life-threatening disease survive in water.Aim: This study was carried out to determine the relative bacteriological quality of borehole and well water supplies within Bosso town. Conclusion: This study reveals that well water and borehole water samples were contaminated with greater contamination observed with well water. This highlights the need for a continuous assessment of the quality of public water supply and intervention measures to prevent outbreak of water-borne diseases
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