Table 3.
Mean differences of Microbiological and physicochemical parameters at the tap water (n=35) and household water containers (n=35).
Factors | TC | TTC | RFC | Temperature | Turbidity | pH | ||||||
Tap and household |
Household | Tap | Household | Tap | Household | Tap | Household | Tap | Household | Tap | Household | Tap |
Mean difference | 20.84 | 5.61 | 14.68 | 3.68 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 20.59 | 20.61 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 7.76 | 7.57 |
Std. Error | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Sig. | 20.84a | 5.61b | 14.68a | 3.68b | 0.14a | 0.27b | 20.59a | 20.61a | 0.34a | 0.00b | 7.76a | 7.57b |
Key: TC = Total coliforms, TC = Thermotolerant coliforms; RFC= Residual Free chlorine Means followed with the same letter(s) are not significantly different from each other at P= 0.05