Research Article
Groundwater Quality Assessment in Urban Areas of Malawi: A Case of Area 25 in Lilongwe
Table 2
pH, turbidity, conductivity, and total dissolved solids of water samples.
| | Sample ID | pH | Turbidity (NTU) | TDS (mg/L) | EC (µS/cm) |
| | P1 | 7.3 | 2.85 | 372.45 | 573 | | P2 | 7.1 | 0.62 | 310.05 | 477 | | P3 | 6.8 | 10.33 | 1422.85 | 2189 | | P4 | 7.7 | 3.13 | 186.55 | 287 | | P5 | 8.3 | 0.91 | 202.8 | 312 | | P6 | 8.1 | 13.6 | 663.65 | 1021 | | P7 | 7.3 | 8.37 | 645.45 | 993 | | P8 | 6.6 | 7.22 | 859.95 | 1323 | | P9 | 7.3 | 9.25 | 276.9 | 426 | | P10 | 6.9 | 2.06 | 219.05 | 337 | | Mean | 7.34 ± 0.6 | 5.83 ± 4.5 | 515.97 ± 393.6 | 793.8 ± 606.5 | | MBS | 5.8–9.5 | n/a | 1000 | 3500 | | WHO | 6.5–8.5 | 5 NTU | 500 | 1000 |
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Malawi bureau of standards (MBS); World Health Organization (WHO); total dissolved solids (TDS); electrical conductivity (EC).
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