ArticleHeliyon2025
Human health risk from groundwater consumption: A case study in the Apaaso-Tafo Community in the Bono East Region of Ghana.
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Abstract
Water is a nutrient for life and a resource for human development, and therefore towns and cities often build treatment systems to provide wholesome water for consumption, bathing, washing, etc. For rural communities where centralised water treatment plants are lacking, groundwater (GW) is often the resource of choice due to its relatively low pathogenic loading and turbidity. However, GW is highly susceptible to contamination from anthropogenic activities. In the Bono East region of Ghana, 94 % of solid waste and 89 % of wastewater are disposed of on the roadside without treatment, posing a contamination risk to water resources. Despite the potential for GW contamination in the region, few researchers have assessed GW quality, and none has evaluated the human infectious risk from GW consumption. In this case study, GW quality in the Apaaso-Tafo community in the region was assessed and the infectious health risks posed to consumers were evaluated. Twenty GW samples were collected from ten boreholes. The concentrations of metals (Ca
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