An Empirical Perspective of Water Quality in Appeadu: A Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

The provision of quality water supply to communities is critical in enhancing their health status and promoting human development. In this study, 100 respondents were selected randomly and interviewed based on demography, water usage patterns as well as their general perception of their water quality. Analysis of the results after the interview showed that, with respect to water treatment, fewer proportions of pen-urban dwellings (5%) rendered their water for drinking and for domestic purposes to some form of treatment (filtration) before use compared to their urban control (18%). This was statistically significant. Greater proportions of the peri-urban areas (93%) and (97%) did not object negatively with respect to the taste and smell respectively of their drinking water compared to the urban. With regards to the regularity of water supply, the results showed that, majority of the peri-urban population (67%) were satisfied with their water supply as compared to the urban populace.