Research Article
Analyzing Seasonal Change of Water Quality Characteristics of Finote Selam Town Drinking Water Sources, Amhara, Ethiopia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-93712-6_8, author={Abayneh Agumass Amogne and Fasikaw Atanaw Zimale}, title={Analyzing Seasonal Change of Water Quality Characteristics of Finote Selam Town Drinking Water Sources, Amhara, Ethiopia}, proceedings={Advances of Science and Technology. 9th EAI International Conference, ICAST 2021, Hybrid Event, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, August 27--29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II}, proceedings_a={ICAST PART 2}, year={2022}, month={1}, keywords={Water quality Water sources Water quality characteristics Finote selam town}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-93712-6_8} }- Abayneh Agumass Amogne
Fasikaw Atanaw Zimale
Year: 2022
Analyzing Seasonal Change of Water Quality Characteristics of Finote Selam Town Drinking Water Sources, Amhara, Ethiopia
ICAST PART 2
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93712-6_8
Abstract
Water quality is used to demonstrate chemical, physical and biological characteristic of water. It has a significant impact on human’s day to day activity. Even if it has such prominence, its quality is not constant with time and known as a media for disease transmission in the globe. In Ethiopia, there is a shortage of information in seasonal variation of water quality characteristics of drinking water sources. Thus, a cross-sectional study was undertaken to analyze water quality characteristics of drinking water sources in Finote Selam. A total of 32 water samples were collected from four drinking water sources and used to analyze turbidity, EC, TDS, NO3, TC, FC, Ca, Mg, PO4, PH, Fe, NH3and temperature. From a total of 16 water samples tested for water quality parameters in each season, some of the parameters were above the WHO standard in the dry and wet season. For turbidity 2 (12.5%), EC 16 (100%), TC 16 (100%), PO4 3 (18.75%) and FC 12 (75%) were above WHO standard in the dry season whereas for turbidity 11 (68.75%), EC 14 (87.5%), TC 16 (100%), PO4 6 (37.5%), Mg 2 (12.5%) and FC 16 (100%) were above WHO standard in the wet season. For PH 11 (68.75%) and 12 (75%) water samples were below WHO standard in the dry and wet season respectively. The research result indicated that the quality of water sources were not safe in dry and wet season since majority of the samples taken were not meet WHO standard. So, it is desirable to monitor and manage drinking water sources.
