Quality Assessment of Some Springs in the Awing Community, Northwest Cameroon, and Their Health Implications

Table 8

Water quality index (WQI) of the springs analysed.

Parameter	Observed mean value ()			Standard value ()	Unit weight ()
Site	AC	ME	AL	WHO		AC	ME	AL	AC	ME	AL
PH	6.75	7.05	6.6	7.5	0.0730	−50	10	−80	−3.6516	0.7303	−5.8426
T	22.65	20.4	20.9	25	0.0219	90.6	81.6	83.6	1.9850	1.7878	1.8317
EC	0.84	0.035	0.035	2	0.2739	42	1.75	1.75	11.5026	0.4793	0.4793
Tu	1.15	4.1	2.65	2.5	0.2191	46	164	106	10.0785	35.9321	23.2244
Ca^2+	16.6	2.3	4.05	75	0.0073	22.1333	3.0667	5.4	0.1616	0.0224	0.0394
Mg^2+	3.25	1.4	1.35	30	0.0183	10.8333	4.6667	4.5	0.1978	0.0852	0.0822
K^+	0.35	0.3	0.2	200	0.0027	0.175	0.15	0.1	0.0005	0.0004	0.0003
Na^+	0.15	0.05	0.05	200	0.0027	0.075	0.025	0.025	0.0002	0.0001	0.0001
NO3-N	1.69	1.565	7.165	45	0.0122	3.75556	3.4778	15.9222	0.0457	0.0423	0.1938
NH4-N	11.84	5.969	7.665	35	0.0156	33.8286	17.0543	21.9	0.5294	0.2669	0.3427
Cl^−	0	0	0	250	0.0022	0	0	0	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
	8.605	8.735	12.59	250	0.0022	3.442	3.4940	5.036	0.0075	0.0077	0.0110
	0.02	0.015	0.01	5	0.1095	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0438	0.0329	0.0219
	19.35	24.4	31.72	500	0.0011	3.87	4.88	6.344	0.0042	0.0053	0.0069
	WQI = 27.44	WQI = 51.71	WQI = 26.78