Table 4.
Summary of the results of physicochemical parameters measured in liquid and soil samples from the Sunyani municipality.
| Sample type | pH |
EC (µS/cm) |
TDS (mg/L) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | ||
| Liquid | Sachet water | 6.02–6.44 | 6.14 ± 0.16 | 9.25–57.75 | 25.11 ± 18.51 | 9.00–55.00 | 24.50 ± 17.63 |
| Dumpsite leachates | 6.34–6.90 | 6.68 ± 0.23 | 390.00–6557.25 | 2022.35 ± 2557.77 | 230.00–1323.00 | 758.40 ± 473.61 | |
| Hospital effluents | 6.55–7.33 | 6.88 ± 0.40 | 187.15–1141.00 | 806.55 ± 536.99 | 161.00–1121.00 | 768.33 ± 528.24 | |
| Municipal waterworks | 6.01–6.79 | 6.48 ± 0.34 | 152.30–220.00 | 190.31 ± 28.53 | 152.00–219.00 | 188.25 ± 27.96 | |
| Soil | Dumpsites Soil |
5.82–7.79 | 7.03 ± 0.65 | 79.80–519.00 | 262.04 ± 163.50 | 73.00–475.00 | 238.33 ± 148.16 |
| Municipal water works sediment | 5.92–7.63 | 6.79 ± 0.86 | 31.60–86.00 | 62.10 ± 27.79 | 29.00–77.00 | 56.00 ± 24.56 | |