Comparative Analysis On Harvested Rainfall And Borehole Water Quality:- Iroerunachi Goodness C

ABSTRACT

 The growing global population in a bid to solve the challenge of water shortage has resorted to groundwater and rainwater considering their benefits. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the quality ofharvested rainwater and underground water (borehole) in Umudike in order to ascertain their portability in the light ofWHO (2010) drinking water standard. Groundwater and rainwatersamples were collected from MOUAU Main Hostel (BH1), CEET Borehole (BH2), PGS borehole (BH3), MOUAU male Hostel direct harvested rainfall (DHR1), CEET direct harvested rainfall (DHR2), PGS direct harvested rainfall (DHR3) and analyzed for physicochemical and microbial quality. These samples were analyzed using laboratory analytical techniques as recommended by World Health Organization Standard. This study however suggests that drinking water sources should be properly treated especially harvested rainwater prior to consumption using appropriate method in order to reduce the occurrence of waterborne disease. The study also shows that there is not much difference in the quality of borehole water from the direct harvested rainwater as most of the results when statistically analyzed shows no significant difference for most ofthe parameters.