Parameters

(n = 40)

Water source

Min.

Max.

SD

Mean ± SE

CV (%)

P value for F test

Safari et al. [26]

Standard

[24]

Standard [23]

pH

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

6.16

6.70

0.12

6.30 ± 0.02

1.83

0.00*

7.27 (A)

6.5 - 8.5

6.0 - 8.0

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

6.34

7.47

0.27

6.75 ± 0.04

4.03

6.54 (B)

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

5.60

6.81

0.43

6.19 ± 0.07

6.91

5.67 (C)

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

5.77

7.32

0.64

6.42 ± 0.10

9.98

5.68 (D)

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

5.13

5.29

0.05

5.21 ± 0.01

0.94

5.74 (E)

Electrical Conductivity (µS/cm)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

78.00

89.00

2.83

84.48 ± 0.45

3.35

0.00*

614.04 (A)

<2500

<1500

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

168.00

216.00

11.53

200.90 ± 1.82

5.74

53.98 (B)

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

60.00

79.00

5.51

69.63 ± 0.87

7.91

53.32 (C)

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

103.00

142.00

11.93

124.63 ± 1.89

9.57

35.75 (D)

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

46.00

79.00

11.49

65.08 ± 1.82

17.66

42.35 (E)

Apparent Colour (Pt/Co)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

13.00

20.00

1.87

17.28 ± 0.30

10.81

0.00*

986.50 (A)

<15

<1500

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

71.00

247.00

70.21

157.58 ± 11.10

44.56

626.50 (B)

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

0.00

10.00

2.82

3.28 ± 0.45

86.08

236.83 (C)

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

3.00

8.00

1.43

4.95 ± 0.23

28.92

385.33 (D)

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

0.00

11.00

3.26

4.03 ± 0.52

81.04

415.33 (E)

Turbidity (NTUs)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

2.36

2.80

0.12

2.56 ± 0.02

4.65

0.00*

236.17 (A)

<10

<15

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

16.47

49.76

10.85

27.38 ± 1.71

39.61

295.33 (B)

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

0.80

1.29

0.15

1.09 ± 0.02

13.46

165.17 (C)

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

0.30

0.51

0.06

0.40 ± 0.01

14.82

191.17 (D)

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

1.47

2.15

0.23

1.80 ± 0.04

12.71

211.33 (E)

Total Hardness

(mg/L)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

30.00

36.00

1.59

32.30 ± 0.25

4.92

0.00*

43.61 (A)

<150

<1500

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

14.00

21.00

1.75

17.23 ± 0.28

10.14

16.21 (B)

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

19.00

29.00

2.76

23.45 ± 0.44

11.79

0.08 (C)

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

80.00

88.00

2.21

85.45 ± 0.35

2.58

33.84 (D)

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

20.00

25.00

1.44

21.80 ± 0.23

6.59

27.90 (E)

Total Iron (mg/L)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

0.00

0.08

0.019

0.0394 ± 0.003

50.94

0.00*

-

<1

<0.3

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

0.23

0.39

0.038

0.3183 ± 0.006

11.75

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

0.01

0.05

0.010

0.0343 ± 0.002

26.27

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

0.01

0.12

0.027

0.0363 ± 0.004

73.01

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

0.00

0.06

0.013

0.0340 ± 0.002

41.23

Faecal Coliforms (CFU/100 ml)

B.hole (BJS)-Kac.1

0.00

65.00

25.19

16.83 ± 3.98

149.69

0.00*

-

<3

<3

S.well (NPS)-Kac.2

2.00

16.00

3.86

6.90 ± 0.61

55.87

P.spring (KVSS)-Kye.1

0.00

9.00

3.06

1.95 ± 0.48

157.08

S.well (KTC)-Kye.2

0.00

24.00

8.28

9.25 ± 1.31

89.54

P.spring (KH)-Kikuba

0.00

2.00

0.67

0.40 ± 0.11

167.94