Table 2.
Water quality measurements of first draw samples.
Parameter | Building A + D (larger and older) |
Building B + C (smaller and newer) |
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Drinking water fountain (n = 24) |
Cold (n = 8) |
Hot (n = 56) |
Drinking water fountain (n = 22) |
Cold (n = 6) |
Hot (n = 25) |
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Min | max | min | max | min | max | min | max | min | max | min | max | ||||||||
General | Temperature (°C) | 11.1 | 15.45 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 22.75 | 25.8 | 18.3 | 24.25 | 39.8 | 11 | 13.9 | 21.8 | 20 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 14.4 | 22.9 | 34.4 |
pH | 7.17 | 7.44 | 7.71 | 7.05 | 7.28 | 7.45 | 7.01 | 7.3 | 7.86 | 7.01 | 7.23 | 7.39 | 7.18 | 7.3 | 7.55 | 6.96 | 7.32 | 7.90 | |
DO (mg L−1) | 1.06 | 2.05 | 6.15 | 2.05 | 3.51 | 7.52 | 1.04 | 3.78 | 8.44 | 1.77 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.39 | 3.99 | 4.87 | 1.86 | 5.32 | 8.03 | |
Total Cl2 (mg L−1) | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.1 | |
Organics | TOC (mg L−1) | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.78 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.78 | 0.37 | 0.55 | 1.22 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.83 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.54 |
Microbiology | TCC (log cells mL−1) | 4.22 | 4.64 | 5.43 | 3.71 | 4.56 | 5.22 | 3.68 | 4.65 | 5.35 | 3.44 | 4.34 | 4.95 | 3.68 | 4.14 | 4.47 | 3.44 | 4.19 | 4.83 |
Metal | Cu (μg L−1) | 3.57 | 129 | 2779 | 101 | 332 | 508 | 63 | 373 | 2044 | 234 | 349 | 845 | 246 | 293 | 348 | 75 | 371 | 679 |
Pb (μg L−1) | 1.91 | 2.38 | 45.4 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.02 | 2.36 | 3.77 | 2.32 | 2.36 | 2.39 | 1.93 | 2.35 | 2.78 | 1.91 | 2.38 | 2.39 | |
Mn (μg L−1) | 46.8 | 88.7 | 1468 | 10.7 | 37.4 | 78.9 | 8.14 | 21.3 | 119.2 | 27.0 | 55.3 | 116.6 | 21.2 | 50.9 | 69.7 | 15.3 | 35.3 | 141 |
∗A detailed first draw hot water results are discussed in the SI.