Evaluation of Microbiological Quality of Borehole Water Samples at Damaturu, Yobe State

This Research was carried out to determine the quality of boreholes water from 10 different location of Damaturu Local Government Yobe State, namely Sabon feggi, Don Etebet, Hausari, Lowcost, Jerusalem, Obasanjo, Nasarawa, Sani Daura, Gwange and Malari, were analysed from June-July 2015. The physical parameters assessed were turbidity, colour, temperature and odour most of the physical parameters were within the WHO limits for drinking water. The determination of total coliform and feacal coliform bacteria was determine using most probale number (MPN) technique. The MPN result was 4–920MPN/100ml. The pathogens isolated were Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp, Klebsiella spp and Shigella spp. The result obtained from the 10 boreholes sample with mean volume of 920MPN/100 and the presence of pathogenic bacteria indicates that none of the water used for domestic purposes in the 10 area meet the maximum acceptable value for WHO (1986) and USEPA for drinking water.