_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: owateoyor@gmail.com; E-mail: gbenenee4real@gmail.com International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review 18(3): 1-6, 2017; Article no.IJBCRR.35408 ISSN: 2231-086X, NLM ID: 101654445 Assessment of Physical Properties and Heavy Metals in Borehole Water from Ogale, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State Ndowa Owate Oyor 1* , Ndokiari Boisa 1 , Josephine Akaninwor 1 and Tebekeme Okoko 1 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author JA designed the study while author NOO did sampling and laboratory analysis under the supervision of author JA. Author NOO wrote the first draft while author NB managed the literature. Author TO performed the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/35408 Editor(s): (1) Shadaan Abid, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Reviewers: (1) Abida Begum, P. E. S. School of Engineering, India. (2) Shruti Murthy, Bangalore University, India. (3) Donatus Dube, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/20469 Received 11 th July 2017 Accepted 7 th August 2017 Published 11 th August 2017 ABSTRACT Aim: To assess the physical properties and some heavy metal levels of borehole water in Ogale, Eleme local government area of Rivers State. Study Design: Water samples were collected from boreholes of twelve (12) communities in Ogale, Eleme and analyzed for physical parameters and heavy metal concentrations. Place and Duration of Study: The samples collected from various sites were analyzed in the Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry, Rivers State University from November, 2016 to January, 2017. Methodology: The physical properties were analyzed via standard methods while the heavy metals were assessed using a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Results: The pH varied from 4.6 – 6.1 which is below the standard recommended by the Standards Organization of Nigeria. Other physical parameters were below the maximum permitted limit. However, the total suspended solids and turbidity in Nsisioken, Ekirinde and Oken-eta were above Original Research Article