Estimation of Physicochemical Properties of Three Package Water within Enugu Metropolis, Enugu State

Nwanjoku, Chioma H1*, Nwanjoku, Obinna K2, Ozumba, Uchenna.1
Page No. 68-77

Table water from table water factories within Enugu municipal were subjected to various physicochemical analyses. Table water from table water factory I pH of 6.50 and r conductivity of 1013 (Ω-1 Cm-1). Solid contents of the water such as: Total solids, suspended solid and total dissolved solids of the waste water were: 1022, 363.55 and 658.45 mg/ml, respectively. BOD5 concentration and the temperature of the package water were observed at 0.52mg/ml and 37.67°C, respectively. Dissolved mineral Cl-, K, Ca, Mg were: 1203.42, 15.24, 39.76 and 23.71 mg/ml respectively; heavy metals of Fe, Cu were: 1.16 and 1.22 respectively while Pb, Hg, Cd and as were below detectable limit. TOC and TOM contents were 35.41 and 43.55 mg/ml respectively. Studies on the physicochemical properties of the table water from factory II-IV showed an increase in pH and water conductivity in table water from factory II while factory III table water showed a slight decrease in pH with accompanying increase in water conductivity. In all the table water, clinical health implicated heavy metals such as Pb, Hg, Cd, As were not detected within limit in all the sampled table water while iron and copper were relatively in abundant moderately.  Dissolved mineral contents of calcium and magnesium were much in abundance in all the table water from Enugu metropolis while table water from factory Iv showed the highest in presence of Ca and Mg as evidently seen in the conductivity of the water. TOC and TOM contents were 35.41 and 43.55 mg/g respectively for table water from factory I while 37.48 and 46.10 mg/ml were gotten respectively for table water from factory II; 39.12 and 48.12 mg/ml for table water from factory III and 39.30 and 48.34 mg/ml were gotten for table water from factory IV respectively.
Keywords: Table water, physicochemical, Enugu municipal