Purity of Dug Wells in Moshie Zongo

Water is life and good drinking water is good life. Howevernot all the populace of Ghana has access to treated piped water. The alternative sources of drinking water to piped water especially in deprived communities are hand dug wellsbore holes dugout and dams. However the quality of these drinking sources is questionable. Consequently this study investigated wells in Moshie Zongo Kumasi for indicator and pathogenic bacteria. Bacteria identification were carried out according to standard techniques(Anon1992 American Public Health Association 1995 Acumedia Manufactures 2011). the groups of bacteria identified in the sampled wells were total coliform faecal coliform E.coli and Shigella spp. of which the presence of these pathogenic bacteria in sampled wells is against the recommended standard by WHO for drinking watertherefore water from these wells were considered unsafe for drinking.