Bacteriological and Physicochemical Quality of Drinking Water in Adis Kidame Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean (n = 30) physicochemical values of drinking water samples from the reservoir, taps, and households’ containers in Addis Kidame Town, 2020.

Sample sources	Parameters
	pH	Temperature (°C)	Turbidity (NTU)	Conductivity (μs/cm)	NO2 (mg/l)	Res. Cl2 (mg/l)
R	6.7 ± 0.04	22.5 ± 1.1	0.7 ± 0.3	167.5 ± 7.2	0.03 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.1
T	7.7 ± 0.1	22.6 ± 1.2	0.9 ± 0.7	156.1 ± 5.5	0.02 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.05
H	7.7 ± 0.2	22.9 ± 1.6	0.7 ± 0.4	152.4 ± 12.6	0.017 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.1
WHO	6.5–8.5	<15	<5	1000	3	0.2–0.5

Note. R = reservoir, T = taps, and H = households’ containers.