Water quality

Quarry pits

Neighboring shallow wells

Statistics

National Standards

( UNBS, 2017 )

Parameter

Halai

Stirling

Ntake

Seyani

SW1

SW2

Min

Max

Mean

pH

6.18

5.74

4.87

5.65

5.28

5.09

4.9

6.18

5.5

6.0 - 8.0

EC

313

207.1

171.3

664

44.9

54.7

44.9

664

242.5

2500

Turbidity (NTU)

6

6

25

12

207

12

6.0

207

44.7

300

Nitrates (mg/l)

199.2

188

148.4

855.6

0

31.6

0.0

855.6

237.1

20

Nitrites (mg/l)

0.38

1.27

0.068

1.27

0.18

0.01

0.0

1.27

0.5

2

Iron (µg/1)

0.1

0.07

0.13

0.09

4.5

0.35

0.1

4.5

0.9

10

TSS (mg/l)

6

16

14

10.8

112

12

6.0

112

28.5

100

TDS (mg/l)

360

236

206

872

120

120

120.0

872

319.0

1200

Lead (mg/l)

0.02

0

0

0.0.3

0

0

0.0

0.02

0.0

0.1

Chromium (mg/l)

0.32

0.16

0.08

1.22

0.01

0

0.0

1.22

0.3

0.05

Zinc (mg/l)

0.39

0.11

0.03

0.64

0.01

0

0.0

0.64

0.2

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