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

Table 2

Level of some chemical parameters of the analyzed water samples of the sampling sites.

S.P.	Nitrate (mg/l)	Fluoride (mg/l)	Ammonia (mg/l)	SO4^−2 (mg/l)	PO4^−3 (mg/l)
SW1	7.6	0.1	0.8	3.0	0.32
SW2	4.8	0.01	1.3	12.0	2.3
SW3	6.7	0.01	0.46	8.0	0.43
SW4	5.9	0.01	0.54	9.0	0.4
SW5	4.9	0.01	0.53	11.0	0.34
SW6	4.61	0.009	0.38	4.5	0.14
SW7	3.6	0.098	0.4	2.1	0.12
SW8	3.9	0.007	0.8	6.5	1.1
DW1	17.8	0.01	0.9	5.0	1.2
DW2	27.8	0.002	1.4	15.0	1.1
DW3	19.2	0.01	1.4	10.0	0.9
DW4	26.7	0.01	1.2	11.0	1.1
DW5	24.5	0.012	0.9	12.0	1.2
DW6	31.7	0.011	2.4	ND	1.31
DW7	10.0	0.0079	0.5	4.6	0.14
DW8	12.0	0.0071	0.82	3.0	0.6
DW9	10.5	0.0072	0.80	8.0	0.51
DW10	11.2	0.0069	0.6	7.0	0.38
DW11	11.0	0.0099	0.51	7.5	0.5
DW12	15.7	0.0089	1.5	7.1	0.5
DS1	19.7	0.01	1.2	5.0	1.6
DS2	20.6	0.02	1.1	8.0	1.8
DS3	23.4	0.012	1.5	3.0	1.3
DS4	10.7	0.0017	0.55	4.0	1.0
DS5	11.0	0.0091	0.5	5.0	1.12
DS6	11.2	0.0099	0.85	2.2	0.91