Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality in Rural Area of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: The Case of Mecha District

Table 1

Level of simple physicochemical parameters of the analyzed water samples of the sampling sites.

S.P.	T (°C)	Turbidity (NTU)	pH	TDS (mg/l)	EC (μs/cm)
SW1	16.2	3.2	8.5	82	165
SW2	20.1	5.0	6.5	37	74
SW3	19.6	5.6	6.8	65	129
SW4	19.0	5.0	8.4	83	164
SW5	15.9	4.0	6.85	70	140
SW6	16.0	2.8	8.1	71	135
SW7	18.5	4.0	6.8	26	54
SW8	15.0	4.3	8.2	53	101
DW1	25.6	34.0	7.46	129	257
DW2	22.3	12.0	7.01	152	304
DW3	20.8	8.0	6.3	64	127
DW4	21.1	9.4	5.89	22	44
DW5	19.1	4.5	6.0	26	54
DW6	21.0	7.8	5.9	34	67
DW7	22.0	22.0	7.5	100	201
DW8	20.3	8.0	7.22	115	253
DW9	20.0	6.0	6.8	40	100
DW10	18.7	7.4	6.91	11	34
DW11	18.0	3.5	6.88	15	43
DW12	18.1	6.5	7.45	44	51
DS1	18.7	6.7	6.03	28	56
DS2	18.1	5.5	6.6	69	139
DS3	19.5	2.45	6.1	26	51
DS4	18.0	5.5	7.2	14	45
DS5	19.1	4.5	7.4	44	109
DS6	18.2	1.55	7.0	14	41

S.P., sampling points; SW, shallow well; DW, deep well; DS, developed springs.