ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN ELOBEID CITY, NORTH KORDOFAN STATE, SUDAN
This study was conducted in El-Obied City, North Kordofan State.The study comprised of 54 samples of water selected from houses, animal carts (karo), tankers, gerbas and main source of water bara basin and El-khazan (surface water )in El-Obied. The sample was divided over these sources following a process of stratified sampling combined with simple random samples with probability proportional to size of sample over the selected blocks where selection was at random in each stage. Physical and chemical testing of water was done using standard procedures. Two Samples of water were collected from the main sources of water in the City for physical and chemical analysis and 52 samples collected from blocks. The data were analyzed by computer. This study showed that 50% of the samples were without residual chlorine, and only 1.8% of samples were soft water. The study showed that 3.7% of samples had pH above WHO and SSMO Standard and also showed 18.5% of samples had turbidity above 5 NTU. KEY WORDS: Assessment, physical, chemical, drinking water, El-Obied