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Determination of Physicochemical Parameters and Heavy Metals Concentration in Drinking Water at Asgede Tsimbila District, Tigray, Ethiopia

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The characteristics of the water decides whether the available water is suitable for consumption of living organisms. Therefore the measurement of heavy metals concentration and physicochemical parameters decides the quality of the water resources which significantly contributes to the social quality of the people living in the particular area. In this regard an attempt is made to measure the quality of the water available in Asigde Tsimbla Woreda in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia. There are 25 drinking water samples were collected for the analysis. In order to understand the quality of drinking water in Asigde Tsimbla Woreda, national and international standards was utilized for analyzing the various physicochemical parameters and heavy metal concentrations. The heavy metal concentration was found to be Cd (44%), Co (76%), Cr (40%), Fe (76%), Ni (44%), Cu (16%), Pb (64%) and Zn (100%) which were higher than WHO limit for drinking purposes. The results shows that water exhibit the poor in quality, then it needs the physicochemical treatment during drinking purposes.

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We aknowledge the Aksum University for financial support. We would like to express our appreciation to the Asigede Tsimbla Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is duly acknowledged for providing the necessary support.

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  1. Department of Geology, School of Mines, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

    Zelealem Haftu

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Science, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

    Panneerselvam Sathishkumar

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Haftu, Z., Sathishkumar, P. Determination of Physicochemical Parameters and Heavy Metals Concentration in Drinking Water at Asgede Tsimbila District, Tigray, Ethiopia. Chemistry Africa 3, 419–426 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-020-00129-4

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