R. N. Okoye

Examination of Pipe-Borne Water Supply from Oshogbo - Ede Water Treatment Plant to University of Ife and Neighbouring Towns for Presence of Coliforms

Perhaps the greatest danger associated with drinking water is contamination by human excrement (Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplies (BEWS), 1970). If such excrement contains pathogenic microorganisms, then consumers of the water may become infected by the diseases caused by the pathogens. The coliforms are generally present in large numbe...