The provision of safe drinking water is an important Public Health goal. The aim of this study is to evaluate some heavy metals and bacterial load in some selected sources of drinking water in Ozuoba, Rivers State, Nigeria. Three different water sources from different locations in Ozuoba were analyzed. The brand names of the water used are Lasien bottled water, Cway bottled water, Lucid bottled water, Zoey sachet water, Minaso sachet water and Einpac sachet water. The borehole water sources were collected from different households in the Ozuoba community. The concentration of lead, cadmium, chromium and bacterial load (total coliform, fecal coliform and Escherichia coli count) were estimated in bottled water, borehole and sachet water sources using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) in the laboratory. Graph pad version 8.02 was used to statistically analyze the results obtained. T-test and ANOVA were used to compare the significant difference at p≥0.5 and regression analysis was used to determine the correlations. The results obtained show that lead, cadmium and chromium concentrations in bottled water are 0.003mg/L, 0. 0005mg/L and 0.000633mg/L respectively; the borehole water source contained 0.0005mg/L of lead, 0.0007mg/L of cadmium, and 0.00766mg/L of chromium. These concentrations are below the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Network and Information Systems (NIS) detection limits. Hence, the water sources under study are considered safe sources of drinking water from the findings.
