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Bacteriological Quality Analysis of Drinking Water of Rural Areas of Peshawar, Pakistan
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ali, Javid Ullah, Naseem Khan, Farhat Ali Ahmad, Israr Ahmad, Irshad |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | The study was carried out for the bacteriological quality of drinking water from three sources (Tube well water, Hand pump and Open well water) of ten localities of Peshawar rural areas. The bacteriological analyses were Total Plate Count (TPC), Total Coliform Bacteria (TCB), Total fecal Coliform Bacteria (TFCB) and Escherichia coli O157:H7. Bacteriological analysis of tube well drinking water results revealed that highest TPC values 576 cfu/ml and the lowest were 76 cfu/ml, TCB were found in the range 23-<1.1MPN/100ml, TFCB were found in the range 16-<1.1MPN/100ml and E. coli O157:H7 were present in four localities water samples. The Hand pump water samples showed that TPC were in the range 234-32cfu/ml, TCB were found in the range 23-<1.1MPN/100ml, highest TFCB (MPN/100ml) values 16 and lowest values <1.1 and 50% samples were contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Open well water samples analysis data indicated that 80% samples were unfit due to higher TPC values for human consumption according to WHO standards, 70% samples were unfit due to higher (TCB) and TFCB than permissible limits and 70% samples were found E. coli O157:H7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.idosi.org/aejaes/jaes13(9)13/6.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |