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Histogram frequency distribution of log10 reduction of E. coli by boiling. Arithmetic mean: 1.8 (95% CI = 1.7–2.0, N = 369); 34 sample sets (9.2%) produced water of worse apparent quality than untreated water (log10 reduction of E. coli < 0).