TITLE:
Bacteriological Quality of Swimming Pools Water in Port Harcourt Metropolis
AUTHORS:
Smart Enoch Amala, Constancy Prisca Aleru
KEYWORDS:
Bacteriological, Quality, Swimming Pools, Water
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
7,
2016
ABSTRACT: The
bacteriological quality of swimming pool water in Port Harcourt Metropolis was investigated.
Ten (10) swimming pools were examined for microbial quality. Out of the 10 swimming
pools, 4 (2, 4, 7 and 9) had bacterial isolates of 40 (100%). Swimming pools 2,
4, 7 and 9 had the bacterial isolates of 10 (25%), 8 (20%), 10 (25%) and 12 (30%),
respectively. Of the forty (40) bacterial isolates identified, which represented
100 percent, 22 (55%) were identified as Staphylococcus epidermidis, 10 (25%) Bacillus cereus, 6 (16%) Micrococcus and 2 (5%) Staphylococcus aureus. Among the four swimming
pools, 2 and 9 did not have the isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Micrococcus, respectively. Based on the World Health Organisation (WHO)
standard for recreational waters, the absence
of coliform and fecal coliform bacteria (E. coli) revealed that the ten (10) swimming
pools used for this study are considered to be within the acceptable limits for
certifying microbiological water quality. However, there is a need for care and
continuous maintenance of the swimming pools.