TABLE 3.
SW sample no. | Water quality parameters |
Bacterial indicators (log10 MPN/100 ml) |
% RE |
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pH | Conductivity (μS/cm) | Turbidity (NTU) | DO (mg/liter) | Nitrate (mg/liter) | Ammonium (mg/liter) | Before UF |
After UF |
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TC | EC | Entero | TC | EC | Entero | TC | EC | Entero | |||||||
1 | 8.11 | 91 | 10.16 | 0.432 | 0.141 | 3.19 | 1.75 | 1.24 | 5.38 | 3.71 | 3.08 | 50.5 | 29.9 | 22.7 | |
2 | 7.19 | 82 | 3.1 | 10.61 | 0.219 | 0.137 | 3.54 | 1.49 | 1.30 | 5.79 | 3.74 | 3.93 | >100 | >100 | >100 |
3 | 7.67 | 93 | 7.5 | 10.79 | 0.271 | 0.191 | 3.24 | 1.80 | 2.12 | 5.99 | 4.01 | 4.56 | >100 | 38.5 | 66.2 |
4 | 7.69 | 89 | 5.8 | 11.17 | 0.179 | 0.187 | 3.71 | 1.00 | 1.88 | 5.84 | 3.59 | 3.88 | 66.4 | >100 | 50.0 |
5 | 7.41 | 48 | 2.7 | 10.38 | 0.416 | 0.119 | 3.27 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 5.91 | 4.14 | 4.77 | 79.9 | >100 | >100 |
6b | 7.77 | 96 | 9.6 | 11.18 | 0.399 | 0.120 | 3.66 | 1.87 | 2.62 | 5.59 | 3.67 | 3.64 | 97.2 | 72.7 | 12.2 |
7 | 7.80 | 49 | 6.6 | 11.41 | 0.391 | 0.120 | 3.39 | 1.55 | 1.38 | 5.89 | 3.88 | 3.71 | 95.9 | 65.0 | 65.1 |
8 | 6.58 | 81 | 4.2 | 11.84 | 0.270 | 0.125 | No test | No test | 1.49 | 5.30 | 3.80 | 3.38 | >100 | ||
9c | 6.71 | 38 | 3.1 | 13.49 | 0.087 | 0.048 | 1.16 | 0.30 | >4.38 | 2.72 | 2.36 | >100 | 55.0 | ||
10c | 6.95 | 47 | 1.3 | 13.33 | 0.044 | 0.054 | 2.02 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 4.42 | 3.13 | 3.10 | 48.5 | 41.7 | >100 |
11 | 7.20 | 238 | 73.7 | 10.53 | 1.71 | 0.336 | 3.00 | 2.08 | 1.72 | 5.91 | 4.34 | 4.09 | >100 | 24.1 | 31.2 |
Abbreviations: NTU, nephelometric turbidity unit; DO, dissolved oxygen; TC, total coliforms; EC, E. coli; Entero, enterococci; RE, recovery efficiency.
The elution step was not completed on this sample.
Upstream surface water sample.