Recreational water quality status of the Kidd's Beach as determined by its physicochemical and bacteriological quality parameters.

ABSTRACT: Coastal water resources are habitually exposed to indiscriminate anthropogenic pollution. However, due to their negative consequences to the public health, recreational waters require continuous monitoring for disease-causing organisms as a way of preventing ailments associated with swimming. As a result, the present study assessed the physicochemical parameters and microbial loads of water samples collected from six different sampling points on Kidd's Beach using standard analytical procedures. Generated data were analysed with One-way ANOVA and spearman correlation (at 95%). The physicochemical qualities varied as follows: pH (7.21-8.23), temperature (18.46-27.63 °C), turbidity (0-25.67 NTU), electrical conductivity (22723-62067 μS/cm), total dissolved solids (7662-31037 mg/L), and salin

SUBMITTER: Adeniji OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6595171 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature