%0 Journal Article
%T Surface Water Quality Profiling Using Physicochemical Parameters in Open Defecation Free and Non-Open Defecation Free Local Government Areas in Benue State, Nigeria
%A Moses T. Asoo
%A Celestine U. Aguoru
%A Innocent O. Ogbonna
%A Hyacinth O.A. Oluma
%J Open Journal of Modern Hydrology
%P 174-191
%@ 2163-0496
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmh.2024.143010
%X Physicochemical parameters of surface water sources in the study of local government areas (LGAs) were assessed using standard procedures. The mean physicochemical parameters for pH (5.49), NO<sub>2</sub> (0.23 mg/L), SO<sub>4</sub> (0.77 mg/L), Na (28.72 mg/L), Ca (28.94 mg/L), Mg (17.50 mg/L), Cl (11.65 mg/L), TSS (6.27 mg/L), TDS (104.23 mg/L), BOD (2.83 mg/L) and F (0.87 mg/L) were below WHO standards irrespective of their defecation status. The values for electrical conductivity (EC) (2770.50 &#181;s/cm, turbidity (481.24 NTU), dissolved oxygen (DO) (5.32 mg/L), chemical oxygen demand (COD) (445.50 mg/L), K (125.06 mg/L), PO<sub>4</sub> (0.78 mg/L) and Fe (0.57 mg/L) were above the WHO limits for safe water. Higher EC and COD values obtained in the study is evidence of pollution of the water sources by organic matter.
%K Open Defecation
%K Surface Water
%K Water Quality Standard
%K Physicochemical Parameters
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=133996