Table 2.
Escherichia coli MPN/100 mL as average drinking water source in the household, Dominican Republic*
| Source category | Source type | Water quality by source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low risk, < 1, no. (%) | Intermediate risk, 1–10, no. (%) | High risk, > 10–100, no. (%) | Very high risk, > 100, no. (%) | No. (%) HHs using water source | ||
| Improved | Rain | 1 (1) | 45 (60) | 20 (26) | 10 (13) | 76 (19) |
| Piped | 1 (1) | 56 (54) | 25 (25) | 21 (20) | 102 (25) | |
| Protected well | 0 (0) | 7 (23) | 10 (32) | 14 (45) | 31 (8) | |
| Protected spring | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | |
| Unimproved | Unprotected well | 0 (0) | 11 (39) | 5 (18) | 12 (43) | 28 (7) |
| Bottled | 2 (2) | 69 (63) | 28 (25) | 11 (10) | 110 (27) | |
| River | 0 (0) | 6 (18) | 4 (12) | 23 (70) | 33 (8) | |
| Unprotected spring | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 2 (0) | |
| Trucked | 0 (0) | 16 (62) | 3 (12) | 7 (27) | 26 (6) | |
*
MPN = most probable number; HHs = households.