Abstract
World Water Day- 22 March 2018 with the theme ‘Nature for Water’ – is exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we are facing in the 21st century. The Sustainable Development Goal 6 committed the world to ensure that everyone has access to safe water by 2030 .Looking around our environment are simple but definite sources of water that can generate up to 5000l water or more at a time year round . Some boreholes, rivers, tube wells, water harvesters, water hawkers and direct fetching from open water sources like lakes and rivers within 2 areas Keffi Nasarawa State and Makurdi Benue State Nigeria were sampled and analysed for physicochemical and bacterial load properties. Results are displayed side by side the WHO /Nigeria Guidelines for Drinking Water standards 2005 .Relatively high values are recorded for total solids , total hardness ,color , conductivity and bacterial load per 100ml in both cities which can be treated with simple and available water treatment equipment . Sustainable Development Goal 6 ensuring that everyone has access to safe water by 2030 is realizable and affordable if the proper will is in place. Keywords : Sustainable , Guidelines, physicochemical, water and equipment DOI : 10.7176/CMR/11-4-02 Publication date : April 30 th 2019
Highlights
Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass
If we identify water sources around our vicinities, test their quality and compare it to WHO /Nigeria Guidelines for Drinking Water standards 2005, the present day economy can be redirected to simpler methods of acquiring and treating these simple sources of water- bore holes, tube wells, water harvesters, water hawkers and direct fetching from open water sources like lakes and rivers by coagulation, filtration and disinfection
High values are recorded for total solids, total hardness, color, conductivity and bacterial load per 100ml in Makurdi as well as Keffi
Summary
Water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass. It is a crucial component of metabolic processes and serves as a solvent for many bodily solutes. Its melting point is 0oc, boiling point 99.980c, 96% of water is found in oceans, the rest is found in fresh waters, ice, in the atmosphere and ground water. It is a good solvent, dissolves salts, sugars and gases. There are many compounds that are insoluble in water and it is the only common substance found naturally in all three common states of matter and it is essential for all life on
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