DEVELOPING URBAN WATER RESOURCES AND CONTAMINATION RISKS ON THE POPULATION OF CAMEROON: A BAMENDA ..

In an urban setting with significant drinking water scarcity in the dry season, this study detects springs and streams in Bamenda, as well as their contamination risk due to physico-chemical and bacteriological pollution from waste disposal and catchment sources degradation by human activities. There are no controls in place to maximise the use of water resources for the common good. Fishing, crop irrigation, sand extraction, garbage disposal, dress washing, bathing, drinking, and bike and car cleaning are all identified as pollution causes in the study, which is based on primary and secondary data from field and laboratory investigation. E. coli and salmonella coliform bacterial contamination varied from 100 to 110 CFU/mL for springs and 600 to 675 CFU/mL for streams, while Staphylococci coliform bacterial contamination ranged from 100 to 110 CFU/mL for springs and 600 to 675 CFU/mL for streams. Some proposals for mitigation have been made.

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