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. 2010 Nov 12;77(1):355–362. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01407-10

TABLE 3.

Water quality and bacterial indicator data for the 100-liter SW samplesa

SW sample no. Water quality parameters
Bacterial indicators (log10 MPN/100 ml)
% RE
pH Conductivity (μS/cm) Turbidity (NTU) DO (mg/liter) Nitrate (mg/liter) Ammonium (mg/liter) Before UF
After UF
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
a

Abbreviations: NTU, nephelometric turbidity unit; DO, dissolved oxygen; TC, total coliforms; EC, E. coli; Entero, enterococci; RE, recovery efficiency.

b

The elution step was not completed on this sample.

c

Upstream surface water sample.