Assessment of water quality in boreholes from Tagrayire (Magazine) in Wa Municipality

ABSTRACT

This paper reports a study of the water quality of different boreholes used for drinking water by auto mechanics in Wa Municipality, Ghana. Eight boreholes and two dugouts labelled AW, BW, CW, DW, WW and AD, BD, CD, DD, WD were sampled for analysis at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The results showed that all the heavy metals and pH values were above the WHO-recommended threshold, but temperature, NO_3- and PO4^3- were all below the WHO thresholds except CW (xx) and DD (xx) for EC, and AW (xx) and WW (xx) for DO, respectively.        

KEYWORDS:

• Boreholes
• physico-chemical
• pollution
• quality
• Wa
• water

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to artisans and the people within the study area for providing information during the research and also allowing the researchers to have access to the boreholes and wells.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest.