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