Seasonal variation in the bacteriological quality of Ebutte river in ehor community EDO state, Nigeria

ABSTRACT The bacteriological quality of Ebutte River in Ehor Community was carried out to ascertain the variation in the quality of the river between August 2010 and January 2011.The bacteriological assessment was studied using the basic microbiological techniques. The bacterial counts were shown to be highest in the inhabited point (3) with downstream (points 4 and 5) showing dilution effects of human activities and upstream (point 1 and 2) showing lower counts due to absence of human activities. Bacterial counts were higher than the acceptable limit of the WHO standards