An Assessment of Cadmium on Water Quality

Effect of municipal effluents on the water quality of Pece stream Gulu town Uganda.Gulu town has been through 23 years of war but now it is rebuilding and the population has increased to about 150000 people. Pece streamThe research was done in between May 2011 to December 2012 for both dry and wet season. Surface water samples were collected from six different points 100m apart along the Pece stream. The samples were collected using 1000 ml plastic containers. At each sampling site the containers were cleaned and rinsed several times with the stream water before use. The water was filtered within a few hours of sampling and stored at room temperature (25oC) until analysis. is located in the Eastern part of the Gulu Town forming Pece drainage (in Laroo and division) that link up Gulu town and Aswa River.