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. 2005 May;71(5):2403–2411. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2403-2411.2005

TABLE 3.

Water quality of surface water samples

Site Water temp (°C) pH Total coliforms (CFU/ml) Thermotolerant coliforms (CFU/ml) F-specific phages (PFU/ml)
A 2-16 7.8-8.3 1-12 0-3 0
B 2-18 7.5-9.3 0-34 0-2 0-0.1
C 8-21 7.1-8.4 27-1,300 1-83 0-0.3
D 9-22 6.9-7.6 2-1,800 0-64 0-1.8
E 6-22 7.0-9.2 12-1,500 0-34 0-0.6
F 8-25 6.9-9.6 7-1,800 1-22 0-0.9