Assessment of Drinking Water Quality in Mogadishu, Somalia

Authors

  • Abdikafi Elmi Abdishakur Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University, Somalia Author
  • Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikh Ali Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University, Somalia Author
  • Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University, Somalia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JCERT/2022(4)125

Keywords:

Water quality, physicochemical parameter, Hydrogen ion concentration, electrical conductivity, Chloride, turbidity, total dissolved solids Mogadishu, Somalia

Abstract

 The drinking water quality assessment in Mogadishu, the capital and most populous city of Somalia was evaluated in this study. The data were obtained in the year 2019 and subjected to laboratory tests in the Mumtaz Engineering service. Hydro chemical analyses were conducted on twelve samples from six different regions located in Mogadishu with graphical representation of the minimum, maximum and average values of all parameters measured. Coupled with this is the calculation of the Water Quality Index (WQI) for the six regions. One of the main findings of the study revealed that the groundwater from all the regions except for region one is not fit to drink. When a comparison was made across all regions, four regions had a very high TDS above the WHO limit, while two regions had a high EC above the WHO limit. This study recommended that there is a need for proper handling and management of groundwater in the regions with a high concentration of evaluated parameters to avoid bioaccumulation in human tissues through in-take of polluted waters.

Author Biography

  • Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikh Ali, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University, Somalia

    Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikh Ali, Department of Civil Engineering,  College of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University, Mogadishu, Somalia. 

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Published

2022-04-13

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Volume 4 Issue 2

Section

Articles