Water Quality Analysis of Existing Spring Well Water in Barangay Pantihan II, Maragondon, Cavite

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Water is an important factor of life. Without it, there is a possibility that life will end. As time goes by, the water in the Philippines starts to be polluted that negates the capability of it to be drunk. Spring wells are some of the traditional sources for drinking water. However, as time passes by, the safeness of this type of water is now unsure since these wells were not the primary source for drinking water anymore. This research study aimed to identify if spring well water in Barangay Pantihan II, Maragondon, Cavite are still potable and if there is a significant difference between these values compared to the drinking water standards.

METHODS

The materials and equipment needed such as the six-liter container, cooler, small glass container, marker, ice cubes, masking tape, and gloves were gathered. One six-liter container and one small glass container were filled up completely which were then brought to the Department of Science and Technology -Trece Martires City for examination and analyzation of the parameters pH level, turbidity, color, and total coliform count.

RESULTS

It was found in the results that the pH level of each sites passed the drinking water standards with the values of 7, 7.1, and 7.5 from Site A, B, and C respectively. However, the parameters color, turbidity, and total coliform count showed values far from the standards. In the statistical test, which is independent t-test, the t-Stat for the pH level washigher than the t-Crit with the values 4.582576 and 2.776445 while the t Stat for the other parameters was lower than the t-Crit.

DISCUSSIONS

Therefore, only the null hypothesis for pH level was not rejected and the others were rejected. Hence, all watersamples were concluded to be not potable since majority of the parameters examined showed that there were significant differences between the standard values and the Pantihan spring well water values. For future researchers, it is recommended to conduct the study in both dry and wet seasons. These are also as recommended by law and shall be followed for more accurate and convincing results. Another recommendation is to have more parameters to get a more precise and detailed results for the study.