Assessment of Bacteriological and Physicochemical Quality of Drinking Water from Source to Household Tap Connection in Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Physical analyses of household water sources.

Kebeles	Site	pH ± SE	Turbid (NTU) ± SE	Temp (^°C) ± SE	TDS (mg/l) ± SE	EC (µS/cm) ± SE
01	S1	6.7 ± 0.10^a	0.9 ± 0.28^ab	22.1 ± 0.87^a	45.5 ± 0.52^a	70.1 ± 0.90^a
	S2	6.85 ± 0.03^a	1.70 ± 0.80^a	21.4 ± 1.15^a	46.7 ± 0.46^a	69 ± 1.15^a
	S3	6.78 ± 0.08^a	0.5 ± 0.05^ab	21.8 ± 0.35^a	45 ± 0.30^a	74.2 ± 3.05^a
02	S1	6.75 ± 0.02^a	0.7 ± 0.40^ab	16.8 ± 5.68^a	45.7 ± 1.61^a	69.1 ± .34^a
	S2	6.70 ± 0.13^a	0.35 ± 0.03^ab	22 ± 1^a	40.6 ± 0.69^a	63.35 ± 1.32^a
	S3	6.75 ± 0.12^a	0.45 ± 0.05^ab	21.75 ± 0.86^a	45 ± 1.27^a	64.25 ± 2.75^a
03	S1	6.5 ± 0.05^a	0.9 ± 0.07^ab	21 ± 0.50^a	40 ± 1.03^a	68.3 ± 4.20^a
	S2	6.6 ± 0.01^a	0.75 ± 0.50^ab	22 ± 0.01^a	40 ± 0.8^a	62.45 ± 6.05^a
	S3	6.7 ± 0.01^a	0.75 ± 0.70^ab	22 ± .35^a	37.5 ± 1.73^a	62.75 ± 0.37^a
04	S1	6.7 ± 0.10^a	0.7 ± 0.20^ab	20.75 ± 1.5^a	41 ± 0.28^a	58.25 ± 3.5^ab
	S2	6.72 ± 0.09^a	1.6 ± 0.80^a	20.9 ± 1.09^a	38 ± 0.79^a	61.15 ± 1.05^a
	S3	6.75 ± 0.05^a	1.5 ± 1.15^a	20.8 ± 4^a	40 ± 0.61^a	58.9 ± 0.40^ab
05	S1	6.7 ± 0.11^a	1.2 ± 0.80^a	20.6 ± 0.46^a	37 ± 0.69^a	70 ± 0.10^a
	S2	6.6 ± 0.11^a	1.7 ± 0.80^a	21.4 ± 0.60^a	43 ± 3^a	70.25 ± 1.3^a
	S3	6.75 ± 0.10^a	0.4 ± 0.02^ab	20.1 ± 0.32^a	44.5 ± 0.57^a	68.12 ± 1.3^a
06	S1	6.7 ± 0.02^a	1.6 ± 0.85^a	20.2 ± 2^a	43.5 ± 0.3^a	62.15 ± 0.07^a
	S2	6.6 ± 0.15^a	1.5 ± 1.10^a	20 ± 1.75^a	42.5 ± 0.23^a	62.35 ± 0.01^a
	S3	6.7 ± 0.02^a	2.5 ± 0.20^a	21.5 ± 6.5^a	45 ± 1.05^a	64.95 ± 0.01^a
07	S1	7.0 ± 0.10^a	0.5 ± 0.25^ab	21 ± 0.9^a	40.5 ± 0.57^a	58.35 ± 0.80^ab
	S2	7.0 ± 0.04^a	0.5 ± 0.15^ab	21.5 ± 0.6^a	45 ± 1^a	64.65 ± 0.5^a
	S3	6.8 ± 0.04^a	0.15 ± 0.05^ab	20 ± 0.37^a	44 ± 1.15^a	58.35 ± 1.4^ab
08	S1	6.7 ± 0.63^a	1.2 ± 0.60^a	20 ± 0.32^a	41.5 ± 1.5^a	71 ± 1.15^a
	S2	6.7 ± 0.10^a	0.7 ± 0.35^ab	21 ± 0.51^a	46 ± 1.15^a	70 ± 0.65^a
	S3	6.8 ± 0.15^a	0.1 ± 0.05^ab	21 ± 0.72^a	45 ± 1^a	70 ± 1.15^a
09	S1	6.7 ± 0.10^a	0.2 ± 0.03^ab	21 ± 1.23^a	43.5 ± .57^a	69.5 ± 0.57^a
	S2	6.7 ± 0.01^a	0.5 ± 0.01^ab	21 ± 1.35^a	46 ± 1.15^a	69.5 ± 3.46^a
	S3	6.8 ± 0.06^a	0.5 ± 0.025^ab	22 ± 0.86^a	46.5 ± 0.57^a	58.45 ± 1.22^ab

Note. Data are average of triplicates; SE: standard error; numbers indicated by the same letter superscripts within the same column do not vary significantly by Duncan’s multiple range test at .