BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF TAP WATER SITUATED AT NO. 11 AKURUKA STREET, ASATA, ENUGU.

Bacteriological examination of tap water situated at No 11 Akuruka street, Asata, Enugu, Enugu State were carried out. The dilution method was employed using nutrient agar and MacConkey agar. Gram-staining and Biochemical test was carried out to identify the bacterial organisms while presumptive test were used to indicate the coliform presence in tap water. A total of 10 samples of tap water were analyzed, the total bacterial mean count was 53cfu/ml. The highest bacterial organism isolated was Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bacterial mean count of 21cfu/ml (39.6%). This was followed by Escherichia coli with bacterial mean count of 18 cfu/ml (33.9.8%). The next is Klebsilisella spp with bacteria mean count of 14cfu/ml (26.4%). tap water are contaminated with pathogenic organisms which include Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp and Pseudomonas spp, these organisms are potentially hazardous of tap water in No 11 Akuruka street, Asata, and could be the sources or route of transmission of gastrointestinal disease and other disease or infection like hepatitis commonly reported by the health authorities in the area.