Quality Assessment of Drinking Water: a Case Study of Selected Rivers in Mubi North Local Government Adamawa State Nigeria

Present study aimed at investigating the qualities of water from selected rivers in Mubi North local government area for drinking. Water samples were taken from five Rivers (Yedzaram, Musera, Muchalla, Gova, and Kirya). The physico-chemical properties of the water samples were determined by chemical analysis (pH, EC, TDS, Ca2+, Mg2+ , Na+ , K+ , CO3 2- , HCO3 - , Cl- , SO4 2- and NO3). The result revealed that the values ranged from 6.52 - 8.01, 10.53 - 48.90 μS cm-1, 6.73 - 31.29 mg/l, 2.00 - 6.40 mg/l , 0.16 - 2.94 mg/l, 4.06 - 7.06 mg/l , 0.71 - 2.45 mg/l, 0, 0.55 - 1.55 mg/l, 8.20 - 9.60 mg/l, 10.31 - 18.11 mg/l and 0.92 - 1.15 mg/l for pH, EC, TDS, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+ , K+ , CO3 2- , HCO3 - , Cl- , SO4 2- and NO3 respectively. The results of all the physico-chemical parameters analyzed showed that the values were within the permissible limit of WHO and BIS standards. Therefore water from the rivers are safe for drinking purpose.